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Christine Mary Hamill (July 24, 1923 – March 24, 1956) was an English mathematician who specialized in group theory and finite geometry. After receiving her Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge in 1951, she was appointed to a lectureship in the University of Sheffield and later was appointed lecturer in the University College, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Early life
Hamill attended St Paul's Girls' School and the Perse School for Girls.[1] In 1942, she won a scholarship to Newnham College, Cambridge, became a wrangler in 1945,[2] and later became a research fellow of the college.[3]
Notes
- ^ "Miss C. M. Hamill". Obituary. The Times. March 1956. http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Obits/Hamill.html. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ^ "Christine Mary Hamill". jonhays. http://members.fortunecity.com/jonhays/Hamill.html. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ^ Edge, W. L.. "Miss C M Hamill". Obituary. Edinburgh Mathematical Notes. http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Obits2/Hamill_obituary.html. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Christine Hamill", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews, http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Hamill.html.
- Christine Hamill at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
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