
Evelyn Boyd Granville
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Gender | Female |
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Death | Died last year |
Date of birth | May 1,1924 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Washington |
D.C. | |
United States | |
Spouse | Edward V. Granville |
Gamaliel Mansfield Collins | |
Parents | Julia Walker Boyd |
William Boyd | |
Job | Mathematician |
Scientist | |
Awards | Wilbur Cross Medal |
Siblings | Doris Boyd |
Education | Yale University |
Smith College | |
Dunbar High School | |
Died | Silver Spring |
Maryland | |
United States | |
Date of died | June 27,2023 |
Books | Theory and Applications of Mathematics for Teachers |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 584290 |
Evelyn Boyd Granville Life story
Evelyn Boyd Granville was the second African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics from an American university; she earned it in 1949 from Yale University. She graduated from Smith College in 1945. She performed pioneering work in the field of computing.