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Rosalind Tanner
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Mrs. R. C. H. Young (left, upper) at the ICM 1932
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Rosalind Cecilia Hildegard Young
5 February 1900 |
| Died | 24 November 1992 (aged 92) Mayday Hospital, Croydon
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| Occupation | Mathematician, historian |
| Known for | Mathematics, history of mathematics |
| Spouse(s) | William Tanner |
Rosalind Cecilia Hildegard Tanner (born Young) was a smart mathematician and a historian. She was born on February 5, 1900, and passed away on November 24, 1992. Rosalind was the oldest daughter of two famous mathematicians, Grace and William Young. She was born in Göttingen, Germany, where her parents worked at the university. She lived there until she was eight years old. Many people knew her by the name Cecily.
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Rosalind's Early Life and Education
Rosalind started her university studies at the University of Lausanne in 1917. She also helped her father with his research. This was between 1919 and 1921 at the University College Wales in Aberystwyth. She worked with another person named Edward Collingwood. Together, they helped translate a book about math by Georges Valiron. Rosalind earned her first degree, a bachelor's degree, from Lausanne in 1925.
Studying at Cambridge
After Lausanne, Rosalind went to Girton College, Cambridge. She worked very hard and earned her PhD degree in 1929. Her research was about a special type of math called Stieltjes integration. Professor E. W. Hobson was her supervisor and helped her with her studies.
Teaching Career
After getting her PhD, Rosalind started teaching. She got a job at Imperial College, London. She taught there for a very long time, from 1929 until 1967. She helped many students learn about mathematics during her career.
A Passion for History
After 1936, Rosalind started to focus more on the history of mathematics. She became very interested in Thomas Harriot. He was a mathematician who lived a long time ago, during the time of Queen Elizabeth I. Rosalind even started special meetings called the Harriot Seminars. These meetings were held in Oxford and Durham.
Family and Later Life
In 1953, Rosalind married William Tanner. Sadly, her husband passed away just a few months after they got married. Later, in 1972, Rosalind worked with Ivor Grattan-Guinness. They published a new version of a book written by her parents. The book was called The Theory of Sets of Points and was first published in 1906. Rosalind Tanner passed away on November 24, 1992.
See also
In Spanish: Rosalind Tanner para niños
