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Mary Frances Winston Newson

Mary Frances Winston, American mathematician (died 1959)

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Born
August 7, 1869
Died
December 5, 1959
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1869

About Mary Frances Winston Newson

Mary Frances Winston Newson was an American mathematician. She became the first American woman to receive a PhD in mathematics from a European university, namely the University of Göttingen in Germany. She was also the first person to translate Hilbert's problems into English. Winston was awarded a fellowship to study at Chicago and she spent the year 1892–1893 there.

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The world when Mary Frances Winston Newson was born

Mary Frances Winston Newson was born in 1869. 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 1869

  • Best-selling bookWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineTranscontinental Railroad completed at Promontory Summit
  • Technology milestoneSuez Canal opens
  • World population~1.49B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population35.6M

1869 versus 2026

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Measure18692026
Population35.6M341 million

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