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Annie Dale Biddle Andrews
1885Dec, 13

Annie Dale Biddle Andrews

Annie Dale Biddle Andrews, American mathematician (d. 1940)
Annie Dale Biddle Andrews (December 13, 1885 – April 14, 1940) was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley.

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