Grace Emily Chisholm Young
1868-1944
English mathematician who worked on spherical trigonometry and the foundations of calculus. Young was dissuaded from studying medicine by her family, taking up mat...
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Grace Emily Chisholm Young
1868-1944
British Mathematician
Several years before Emmy Noether (1882-1935) entered the University of Göttingen, Grace Chisholm Young earned her doctorate there in 18...
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A distinguished mathematician, Grace Chisholm Young is recognized as being the first woman to officially receive a Ph.D. in any field from a German university. Working closely with her husband, mathem...
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