Edna Kramer

Infobox Person
name = Edna Ernestine Kramer Lassar


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birth_name =
birth_date = May 11, 1902
birth_place = Manhattan
death_date = July 9, 1984
death_place = Manhattan
death_cause = Parkinson's disease
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nationality = U.S.
parents = Joseph and Sabine Kramer
religion = Jew
relatives = Sister Martha (born 1900) and brother Herbert (born 1911)

Edna Ernestine Kramer Lassar (May 11, 1902 - July 9, 1984), born Edna Ernestine Kramer, was an U.S. mathematician and author of mathematics books.

Kramer was born in Manhattan. She finished her B.A. in mathematics at Hunter College in 1922 "summa cum laude". While teaching at local high schools, she made M.A. in 1925 and Ph.D. in 1930 in mathematics (with a minor in physics) at Columbia University.

She married the French teacher Benedict Taxier Lassar on July 2, 1935.

Kramer died in Manhattan of Parkinson's disease.

Works

* "The Main Stream of Mathematics" (1951)
* "The Nature and Growth of Modern Mathematics" (1970)

External links

* [http://www.agnesscott.edu/Lriddle/women/lassar.htm Biography from Agnes Scott College]
* [http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Kramer.html MacTutor biography]
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Persondata
NAME=Kramer, Edna Ernestine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Edna Ernestine Kramer Lassar
SHORT DESCRIPTION=mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH=May 11, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH=Manhattan
DATE OF DEATH=July 9, 1984
PLACE OF DEATH=Manhattan