# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sheila-christina-tinney
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:54:42.019Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/sheila-christina-tinney"
name: "Sheila Christina Tinney"
slug: "sheila-christina-tinney"
description: "Sheila Christina Tinney was an Irish mathematical physicist. Her 1941 PhD from the University of Edinburgh, completed under the supervision of Max Born in just two years, is believed to make her the first Irish-born and -raised woman to receive a doctorate in the mathematical sciences."
tagline: "Irish mathematical physicist"
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1918-01-15"
deathDate: "2010-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump