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Sheila May Edmonds

Sheila May Edmonds, British mathematician (died 2002)

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Born
April 1, 1916
Died
September 2, 2002
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1916

About Sheila May Edmonds

Sheila May Edmonds was a British mathematician, a Lecturer at the University of Cambridge, and Vice-Principal of Newnham College from 1960 to 1981. Edmonds's first papers were published while she was studying for her PhD, with two in 1942 on infinite series and on Fourier transforms. She had an excellent undergraduate career and finished Part II as a "Wrangler", Cambridge nomenclature for a student achieving a First Class award. She was awarded PhD for her dissertation "Some Multiplication Problems" in 1944.

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Sheila May Edmonds timeline

  1. Edmonds's first papers were published while she was studying for her PhD, with two in 1942 on infinite series and on Fourier transforms.
  2. She was awarded PhD for her dissertation "Some Multiplication Problems" in 1944.

The world when Sheila May Edmonds was born

Sheila May Edmonds was born in 1916. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1916

  • Best-selling book"Seventeen" – Booth Tarkington

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGeorgia Tech defeats Cumberland 222-0, most lopsided football game ever
  • Top headlineBattle of the Somme — 1 million casualties
  • Technology milestoneTanks first used in warfare
  • Notable inventionMilitary tanks
  • World population~1.76B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population99.6M

1916 versus 2026

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Measure19162026
Population99.6M341 million

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