Philippa Fawcett

Philippa Garrett Fawcett was an English mathematician and educator. She was the first woman to obtain the top score in the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos exams. She taught at Newnham College, Cambridge, and at the normal school in Johannesburg, and she became an administrator for the London County Council.

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Who was born first?

• Philippa Fawcett and Henrietta Swan Leavitt were born the same year
• Philippa Fawcett and Josep Comas i Solà were born the same year
• Philippa Fawcett and Robert Andrews Millikan were born the same year
• Philippa Fawcett and René de Saussure were born the same year
• Philippa Fawcett and Theodore William Richards were born the same year

Timeline

1. Henrietta Swan LeavittJuly 4, 1868 – December 12, 1921
2. Josep Comas i SolàDecember 17, 1868 – December 2, 1937
3. Philippa Fawcett (this page)April 4, 1868 – June 10, 1948
4. René de SaussureMarch 17, 1868 – December 2, 1943
5. Robert Andrews MillikanMarch 22, 1868 – December 19, 1953
6. Theodore William RichardsJanuary 31, 1868 – April 2, 1928

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