Charlotte Angas Scott D.Sc.(Lond.) (June 8, 1858 – November 10, 1931, Cambridge, England) was a British mathematician. June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Shown within Cambridgeshire Geography Status: City (1951) Region: East of England Admin. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, known today as the father of geometry; shown here in a detail of The School of Athens by Raphael. ...

She was the daughter of Rev. Caleb Scott, Principal of Lancashire Independent College at Whalley Range. Educated at Girton College, Cambridge from 1876 to 1880, she was then a Resident Lecturer in Mathematics there until 1884. In 1885 she was the first British woman to receive a doctoral degree. Whalley Range, a district of Manchester, lies about 1. ... Full name Girton College Motto - Better is wisdom than weapons of war (Alumni) Named after Girton Village Previous names The College for Women (1869), Girton College (1872) Established 1869 Sister College(s) Somerville College Mistress Professor Dame Marilyn Strathern Location Huntingdon Road Undergraduates 503 Postgraduates 201 Homepage Boatclub Girton College...

Moving to the United States, she was Associate Professor of Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania from 1885 to 1888 and Professor from 1885 to 1917. On retirement she settled in Cambridge. Bryn Mawr is also the name of an official neighborhood of the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... Shown within Cambridgeshire Geography Status: City (1951) Region: East of England Admin. ...

She presented the silver challenge cup for Girton and Newnham Lawn Tennis Doubles in 1883.

Publications

• Scott, Charlotte A. (1894) Modern Analytical Geometry, Macmillan.

References

• Kenschaft, Patricia C. Charlotte Angas Scott, 1858-1931. The College Mathematics Journal. 18:2: March 1987. pp. 98-110.
• Girton College Register 1869-1946, University Press, Cambridge, 1948