Grace Bates
Grace Elizabeth Bates | |
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Born | August 13, 1914 |
Died | November 19, 1996 (aged 82) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Mount Holyoke College |
Known for | Bates distribution |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematician |
Institutions | Mount Holyoke College |
Doctoral advisor | Reinhold Baer |
Grace Elizabeth Bates (13 August 1914 – 19 November 1996) was an American mathematician and one of few women in the United States to be granted a Ph.D. in mathematics in the 1940s. She became an
Early life and education
She was born on 13 August 1914.[3] Interested in mathematics from a very young age, Bates was encouraged to pursue her interest by her family.[2] Bates maintained a close relationship with her brother, reinforced by the early death of their mother. Upon completing high school, her brother used his salary to help her continue her education through high school and college.[4]
During her studies, Bates petitioned several times to take more advanced math courses than were typically available to female students. She attended the
Bates entered her doctoral program at the
Professional life and continuing education
Bates taught briefly at Sweet Briar College before joining the faculty of Mount Holyoke College. After discussing her interest in probability and statistics with colleague Antoni Zygmund, Zygmund referred her to Jerzy Neyman at the University of California, Berkeley. Consequently, Bates obtained an assistantship at the Berkeley Statistical Laboratory and spend several summers working with Neyman in the 1950s. Together they wrote a number of research articles on probability theory.[2][4]
Bates advanced to become a full and emeritus professor at Mount Holyoke College and taught until her retirement in 1979.[2] She died on 19 November 1996.[1][3][6]
References
- ^ ISBN 9781598841589
- ^ ISBN 1-55753-121-8.
- ^ a b "Deaths", Notices of the AMS, 44 (3): 352, 1997
- ^ ISBN 0-262-13369-5.
- ^ "Grace Bates - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- ISBN 9783319666945.