Saly Ruth Ramler
Saly Ruth Ramler | |
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Charles University in Prague | |
| Known for | First woman to receive a math PhD from Charles University |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Doctoral advisor | Gerhard Kowalewski Georg Alexander Pick |
Saly Ruth Ramler (1894–1993), also known as Saly Ruth Struik, was the first woman to receive a
Life and work
Her 1919 dissertation, on the axioms of affine geometry, was supervised by Gerhard Kowalewski and Georg Alexander Pick.[2] She married the Dutch mathematician and historian of mathematics Dirk Jan Struik in 1923. Between 1924 and 1926, the pair traveled Europe and met many prominent mathematicians, using Dirk Struik's Rockefeller fellowship. In 1926, they emigrated to the United States, and Dirk Struik accepted a position at MIT.[3]
References
- S2CID 126187647.
- ^ "Saly Ruth (Ramler) Struik". The Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ "Remembering Dirk Jan Struik, 1894-2000". Mathematical Association of America. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
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