# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dorothy-walcott-weeks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:18:36.752Z

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name: "Dorothy Walcott Weeks"
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description: "Dorothy Walcott Weeks was an American mathematician and physicist. Weeks was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She earned degrees from Wellesley College, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Simmons College. Weeks was the first woman to receive a PhD in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology."
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birthDate: "1893-05-03"
deathDate: "1990-06-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump