Philippa Fawcett

Philippa Fawcett ( born April 4, 1868 in Brighton, † June 10, 1948 in London) was a British mathematician and Schulreformerin.

Life

Philippa Fawcett was the only child of the politician Henry Fawcett (1833-1884) and his wife Millicent Garrett Fawcett DBE (1847-1929), a well-known women's rights activist was later. Her aunt, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson VA (1836-1917) and her cousin Louisa Anderson CBE (1873-1943) were prominent doctors.

Philippa Fawcett was educated at Newnham College, a college of the University of Cambridge. In 1890 she was the first woman who reached the highest score in the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos. The title of senior wrangler was then granted only to men as for women who supply main part in the competition since 1881, separate lists were performed. After the death of her father, she studied mathematics at Bedford College, then to 1887 at University College London and finally at Newnham College, Cambridge. There she was valedictorian and was a lecturer.

From 1902 to 1905 Fawcett worked in South African schools, after their return to the UK she got a job in school administration at the London County Council ( LCC). As her mother was Philippa Fawcett confessing women's rights activist and was involved in the successful struggle for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom.