# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louise-nixon-sutton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:06:06.779Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louise-nixon-sutton"
name: "Louise Nixon Sutton"
slug: "louise-nixon-sutton"
description: "Louise Nixon Sutton was a mathematician. She was the first African-American woman to be awarded a PhD in mathematics education by New York University, and the first chair of the Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics at Elizabeth City State University."
tagline: "African-American mathematician (1925-2006)"
gender: "female"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
  name: "Academic"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1925-11-04"
deathDate: "2006-05-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.921568627450981
  historical:           5.469222666666667
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  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "لويز ساتون"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump