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Philippa Fawcett

1868 - 1948

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Philippa Garrett Fawcett (4 April 1868 – 10 June 1948) was an English mathematician and educator. She was the first woman to obtain the top score in the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos exams. She taught at Newnham College, Cambridge, and at the normal school (teacher training college) in Johannesburg, and she became an administrator for the London County Council. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Philippa Fawcett is the 979th most popular mathematician (down from 969th in 2024), the 6,363rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,126th in 2019) and the 115th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Philippa Fawcett ranks 979 out of 1,004. Before her are Richard Schoen, Grace Alele-Williams, Satish Dhawan, Frank Adams, Eric W. Weisstein, and Leonard Jimmie Savage. After her are Graham Higman, Nathaniel Bowditch, June Huh, Jessica Fridrich, Martin Hairer, and Alessio Figalli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Philippa Fawcett ranks 200. Before her are Horace Elgin Dodge, Willis R. Whitney, Robert Edeson, Emily Murphy, Maude Abbott, and Mariano Trías.  Among people deceased in 1948, Philippa Fawcett ranks 197. Before her are Sophia Duleep Singh, Samuel S. Hinds, Gertrude Atherton, Mary Nolan, King Baggot, and Montagu Toller.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Philippa Fawcett ranks 6,365 out of 8,785. Before her are Graham Brady (1967), Ian Hancock (1942), Phil Thompson (1954), Anthony Moore (1948), Emily Faithfull (1835), and Edward Thomas (1878). After her are Nicholas Monsarrat (1910), Graham Higman (1917), Karima Adebibe (1985), Button Gwinnett (1735), Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852), and June Brown (1927).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Philippa Fawcett ranks 115. Before her are Keith Devlin (1947), Timothy Gowers (1963), Simon Singh (1964), Ben Green (1977), Dusa McDuff (1945), and Frank Adams (1930). After her are Graham Higman (1917), Marcus du Sautoy (1965), and Hannah Fry (1984).

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