Flora Philip | |
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![]() Flora Philip (Mrs. Stewart), in 1943. | |
Born | Tobermory, Mull, Scotland | 19 May 1865
Died | 14 August 1943 Edinburgh, Scotland | (aged 78)
Resting place | Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh |
Other names | Flora Stewart |
Known for | One 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 | |
Fields | Mathematics and Greek polymath |
Institutions | St 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.