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Winifred Edgerton Merrill

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This resource, from the Illuminations-reviewed History of Mathematics Archive, features biographical information about American mathematician Winifred Edgerton Merrill. Merrill was the first American woman to obtain a Ph.D. in mathematics. Her work in the field of mathematical astronomy included the computation of the orbit of a comet in 1883, and she opened the door for other women to pursue study in the field of mathematics. Links to biographies of other mathematicians are also available on this page.

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