| 词条 | Mary Bradburn |
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Mary Bradburn {{postnominals|country=GBR|FRAS}} (1918–2000){{r|mcnally|hebborn}} was a British mathematics educator who became president of the Mathematical Association for the 1994–1995 term.{{r|pres|mcnally}} Education and careerBradburn was born on 17 March 1918 in Normanby in North Yorkshire, the daughter of a marine engineer and a Scotswoman.{{r|hebborn|tes}} She attended a school that didn't approve of girls studying mathematics, but allowed her to progress through the mathematics curriculum at her own rate, several years ahead of the other students.{{r|tes}} She earned a state scholarship, but at 17, she was below the required age for Oxford and Cambridge, so she ended up going to Royal Holloway College.{{r|hebborn|tes}} She was a student there beginning in 1935 and, despite multiple extracurricular activities, earned first class honours in mathematics in 1938, and completed a master's degree there in 1940.{{r|hebborn}} With another scholarship from the University of London, she went to the University of Edinburgh for graduate study with Max Born, beginning in 1941; her dissertation was The Statistical Thermodynamics of Crystal Lattices.{{r|hebborn}} She taught briefly at Edinburgh and the University of Dundee before returning to Royal Holloway as an instructor in 1945. She remained at Royal Holloway through its 1965 transition from a women's college to a coeducational one (a change that she supported), until her retirement in 1980.{{r|hebborn|tes}} Recognition and legacyShe became a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1955.{{r|mcnally}} The mathematics department of Royal Holloway offers an annual prize to undergraduates, the Mary Bradburn Prize, named in her memory.{{r|prizes}} The British Federation of Women Graduates also offers a Mary Bradburn Prize, from a bequest left by Bradburn.{{r|bfwg}} References1. ^{{citation | last = Hebborn | first = John | date = March 2001 | doi = 10.1017/s0025557200167427 | issue = 502 | journal = The Mathematical Gazette | jstor = 3620495 | pages = 126–127 | title = Mary Bradburn 1918-2000 | volume = 85}} [1][2][3][4][5]2. ^{{citation|title=Mary Bradburn 1918–2000: Fellow of the RAS, gifted teacher of mathematics|department=Obituaries|journal=Astronomy & Geophysics|volume=41|issue=6|page=36|doi=10.1093/astrog/41.6.6.36|first=D.|last=McNally|authorlink=Derek McNally}} 3. ^{{citation | accessdate = 2018-10-06 | publisher = Mathematical Association | title = Presidents of the Association | url = https://www.m-a.org.uk/presidents}} 4. ^{{citation|url=https://intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk/mathematics/informationforcurrentstudents/prizes.aspx|title=Information for current student: Prizes|publisher=Royal Holloway Mathematics|accessdate=2018-10-10}} 5. ^{{citation|url=https://www.tes.com/news/royal-life-president|title=Royal life of the president|first=Pam|last=Cooley|date=17 March 1995|magazine=Times Educational Supplement|accessdate=2018-10-10}} }}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Bradburn, Mary}} 7 : 1918 births|2000 deaths|British mathematicians|Women mathematicians|Mathematics educators|Alumni of Royal Holloway, University of London|Academics of Royal Holloway, University of London |
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