Flora Philip

Flora Philip
a photograph of an older white woman wearing an academic cap and glasses.
Flora Philip (Mrs. Stewart), in 1943.
Born(1865-05-19)19 May 1865
Tobermory, Mull, Scotland
Died14 August 1943(1943-08-14) (aged 78)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Resting placeDean Cemetery, Edinburgh
Other namesFlora Stewart
Known forOne of the first women to graduate from the University of Edinburgh (1893)
First female member of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society (1886)
Spouse
George Stewart
(m. 1893; died 1938)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics and Greek
polymath
InstitutionsSt George's School, Edinburgh

Flora Philip (19 May 1865 – 14 August 1943) was a Scottish mathematician, one of the first women to receive a degree from the University of Edinburgh and the first female member of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society.


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