Josephine Chanler

Josephine Hughes Chanler (7 April 1906 – 23 December 1992) was an American mathematician.

Life

She was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She was the only child of Louisa Castle and James Chanler.[1]

Career

She completed her PhD at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.[2][3] Her PhD advisor was Arthur Byron Coble.[4]

She later became a professor of mathematics and taught at various universities in New England.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Green, Judy (2009). Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940s PhDs (Illustrated addition ed.). American Mathematical Society. p. 156. ISBN 9780821843765. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Math Times - Spring 1993" (PDF). University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Math Times - Fall 1993" (PDF). University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Josephine Chanler - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". genealogy.ams.org. Retrieved 1 February 2017.


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