Christine Hamill
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Christine Mary Hamill (July 24, 1923 — March 24, 1956) was an English mathematician who specialized in group theory and finite geometry. After receiving her Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge in 1951, she was appointed to a lectureship in the University of Sheffield and later was appointed lecturer in the University College, Ibadan, Nigeria.
[edit] Early life
Hamill attended St Paul's Girls' School and the Perse School for Girls.[1] In 1942, she won a scholarship to Newnham College, Cambridge, became a wrangler in 1945,[2] and later became a research fellow of the college.[3]
[edit] External links
- O'Connor, John J. & Robertson, Edmund F., “Christine Hamill”, MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- Christine Hamill at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
[edit] References
- ^ Miss C. M. Hamill. Obituary. The Times (March 1956). Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
- ^ Christine Mary Hamill. jonhays. Retrieved on 2008-05-14.
- ^ Edge, W. L.. Miss C M Hamill. Obituary. Edinburgh Mathematical Notes. Retrieved on 2008-05-14.
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