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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippa Fawcett has received more than 192,456 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Philippa Fawcett is the 969th most popular mathematician, the 6,127th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 114th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Philippa Fawcett ranks 969 out of 1,004. Before her are Harald Helfgott, Krystyna Kuperberg, Alicia Dickenstein, Irving Kaplansky, William Spottiswoode, and Leonid Levin. After her are Alessio Figalli, Keith Devlin, Eric W. Weisstein, Grace Alele-Williams, Euphemia Haynes, and Stanley Skewes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Philippa Fawcett ranks 198. Before her are Mariano Trías, Ellen Roosevelt, Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, Maude Abbott, Robert Edeson, and Emily Murphy. After her are Albert William Herre, and Willis R. Whitney. Among people deceased in 1948, Philippa Fawcett ranks 195. Before her are Mary Nolan, Susan Glaspell, Yellapragada Subbarow, King Baggot, Warren William, and Gertrude Atherton. After her are Sophia Duleep Singh, and Montagu Toller.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Philippa Fawcett ranks 6,127 out of 8,785. Before her are Martin Clunes (1961), Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800), Anna Howard Shaw (1847), Charlie Heaton (1994), Alan Rollinson (1943), and Augustus Pitt Rivers (1827). After her are Nick Faldo (1957), Camilla Luddington (1983), Scott McTominay (1996), Nicholas Monsarrat (1910), Elizabeth Carter (1717), and Cheryl (1983).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Philippa Fawcett ranks 114. Before her are Marcus du Sautoy (1965), Frank Adams (1930), Nigel Hitchin (1946), Dusa McDuff (1945), Simon Singh (1964), and William Spottiswoode (1825). After her are Keith Devlin (1947), Stuart Milner-Barry (1906), Ben Green (1977), and Hannah Fry (1984).

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