Winifred Edgerton Merrill
(1862-1951)
American mathematician
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Winifred Edgerton (September 24, 1862 – September 6, 1951) was born in Ripon, Wisconsin. She was the first woman to receive a degree from Columbia University and the first American woman to receive a PhD in mathematics. She was awarded a PhD with high honors from Columbia University in 1886, by a unanimous vote of the board of trustees, after being rejected once.
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24 September 1862 Ripon, Wisconsin, U.S.
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6 September 1951 (aged 88)
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