
Georgia Caldwell Smith
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 63 years ago |
Date of birth | September 28,1909 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Atchison |
Kansas | |
United States | |
Date of died | May 6,1961 |
Field | Mathematics |
Alma maters | University of Kansas |
The University of Chicago | |
University of Pittsburgh | |
Institutions | Spelman College |
Alabama State University | |
Lincoln University | |
Education | The University of Chicago |
University of Pittsburgh | |
University of Kansas | |
Awards | Posthumous Ph.D |
Known for | One of the first African-American woman awarded a Ph.D. in mathematics; Head of Spelman's Department of Mathematics |
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ID | 758004 |
Georgia Caldwell Smith Life story
Georgia Caldwell Smith was one of the first African-American women to gain a bachelor's degree in mathematics. When she was 51, she earned a Ph.D. in mathematics, one of the earliest by an African-American woman, awarded posthumously in 1961. Smith was the head of the Department of Mathematics at Spelman College.