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Dorothy Walcott Weeks

American mathematician · United States · On the map · Academics · Lived 1893 to 1990 · aged 97

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.

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Guggenheim Fellowship1949

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Weeks was the first woman to receive a PhD in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1893 to 1990 · aged 97