| LC control no. | no2016088604 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Merrill, Winifred Edgerton, 1862-1951 |
| Variant(s) | Edgerton, Winifred, 1862-1951 Edgerton, Winifred Haring, 1862-1951 Merrill, W. E., 1862-1951 |
| Biography/History note | First woman to receive a degree from Columbia University in 1886 and first to receive a PhD in mathematics. |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1862-09-24 |
| Death date | 1951-09-06 |
| Place of birth | Ripon (Wis.) |
| Field of activity | Mathematics Astronomy |
| Affiliation | Wellesley College Columbia University Oaksmere School for Girls |
| Profession or occupation | Mathematicians College teachers |
| Found in | Campbell, Helena Eastman Ogden. Portrait of Winifred Edgerton Merrill (1862-1951), n.d. (name not given) OCLC, July 5, 2016 (access points: Merrill, Winifred Edgerton, Edgerton, Winifred Haring, 1862-1951; usages: Winifred Edgerton Merrill, M. E. Merrill) Biographies of women mathematicians, 1995-, via WWW, viewed July 7, 2016 (Winifred Edgerton Merrill; September 24, 1862-September 6, 1951; Winifred Edgerton, the first American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics, was born in Ripon, Wisconsin; B.A. degree from Wellesley College in 1883; studied mathematics and astronomy at Columbia University; Merrill taught mathematics at various institutions for several years after her graduation from Columbia.; in 1887 Edgerton married Frederick Merrill; In 1906 she founded the Oaksmere School for Girls which she directed until 1928) |
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