Sofya Kovalevskaya
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19th-century Russian mathematician
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- Doctorate Mathematics University of Göttingen
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya , born Korvin-Krukovskaya , was a Russian mathematician who made noteworthy contributions to analysis, partial differential equations and mechanics. She was a pioneer for women in mathematics around the world – the first woman to obtain a doctorate in mathematics, the first woman appointed to a full professorship in northern Europe and one of the first women to work for a scientific journal as an editor. According to historian of science Ann Hibner Koblitz, Kovalevskaya was "the greatest known woman scientist before the twentieth century".
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