Philippa Fawcett

Philippa Garrett Fawcett (April 4, 1868 - June 10, 1948) was an English mathematician and educationalist. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... A mathematician is a person whose area of study and research is mathematics. ... In education, teachers are those who teach students or pupils, often a course of study or a practical skill. ...

She was the daughter of Millicent Fawcett, the suffragist and Henry Fawcett MP, Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University. Her aunt was Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, the first English woman doctor. Philippa was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge, and in 1890 was the first woman to come top of the Cambridge mathematics exams. However, only men were officially ranked at the time, so she did not receive the title of senior wrangler. Millicent Fawcett (June 11, 1847 - August 5, 1929) was a British suffragist (as opposed to a suffragette, who were usually militantly violent) and an early feminist. ... Suffragette with banner, Washington DC, 1918 The title of suffragette was given to members of the womens suffrage movement in the United Kingdom and United States, particularly in the years prior to World War I. The name was the Womens Social and Political Union (founded in 1903). ... 1881 Cartoon from Punch: PROFESSOR FAWCETT, M.P and P.M.G., A Politician of a certain stamp, and President of the Republic of Letters at St. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Political economy was the original term for the study of production, the acts of buying and selling, and their relationships to laws, customs and government. ... REDIRECT [1] ... Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (9 June 1836 – 17 December 1917) was an English physician and feminist, the first woman to gain a medical qualification in Britain. ... Full name Newnham College Motto - Named after Its location in the village of Newnham Previous names Newnham Hall Established 1871 Sister College St Cross College Principal The Lady ONeill of Bengarve Location Sidgwick Avenue Undergraduates 396 Graduates 120 Homepage Boatclub A view of part of Newnham College. ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... At the University of Cambridge in England, a wrangler is a student who has completed the third year (called Part II) of the mathematical tripos with first-class honours. ...

She worked for many years setting up schools in South Africa before returning to England to take a position in the administration of education in the London County Council. Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... The County of London, shown within a map of Englands 1890 counties London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London from 1889 until 1965, when it was replaced by the Greater London Council. ...

External links

• Biography at the MacTutor archive