# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/margaret-eliza-maltby
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:40:02.417Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/margaret-eliza-maltby"
name: "Margaret Eliza Maltby"
slug: "margaret-eliza-maltby"
description: "Margaret Eliza Maltby was an American physicist notable for her measurement of high electrolytic resistances and the conductivity of very dilute solutions. Maltby was the first woman to earn a Bachelor of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in physics from any German university."
tagline: "American physicist (1860–1944)"
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country:
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birthDate: "1860-12-10"
deathDate: "1944-05-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump