Mary Rickett
Mary Ellen Rickett (4 March 1861 – 20 March 1925) was a British mathematician who worked for many years on the staff of Newnham College, Cambridge.
After being educated at a private school,[1] Rickett earned a bachelor's degree from Bedford College, London, part of the University of London, in 1881, and was the first woman to win the gold medal of the University of London.[2] She studied at Newnham College beginning in 1882, and took both the Classical Tripos in 1884 and the Mathematical Tripos in 1885 and 1886.[1] In the Mathematical Tripos, her score was next after the 24th Wrangler, making her first Wrangler of Newnham.[1][3]
She became a lecturer in mathematics at Newnham College in 1886,[2][1] associate of the college in 1893,[1] acting vice-principal of Old Hall in 1889,[2] and permanent vice-principal in 1895.[1] At Newnham, she coached Philippa Fawcett to become the first woman to get the highest score on the Mathematical Tripos, in 1890.[4] She retired in 1908.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "News of the Week and Notes", The Cambridge Review: 110, 28 November 1895
- ^ a b c d "Rickett, Mary Ellen (1861–1925)", Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages, Cengage, retrieved 2021-10-23 – via Encyclopedia.com
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- ^ Wooldridge, Adrian (2021), The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World, Simon and Schuster, p. 324, ISBN 9781510768628