Role Mathematician Name Edna Kramer | Religion Judaism Nationality U.S. Education Columbia University | |
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Born May 11, 1902 Manhattan Parent(s) Joseph and Sabine Kramer Relatives Sister Martha (born 1900) and brother Herbert (born 1911) Died July 9, 1984, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States Books The nature and growth of modern mathematics, The main stream of mathematics | ||
Cause of death Parkinson's disease | ||
Edna Ernestine Kramer Lassar (May 11, 1902 - July 9, 1984), born Edna Ernestine Kramer, was an American mathematician and author of mathematics books.
Kramer was born in Manhattan. She earned her B.A. summa cum laude in mathematics from Hunter College in 1922. While teaching at local high schools, she earned her M.A. in 1925 and Ph.D. in 1930 in mathematics (with a minor in physics) from Columbia University with Edward Kasner as her advisor.
She married the French teacher Benedict Taxier Lassar on July 2, 1935.
Kramer died at the age of 82 in Manhattan of Parkinson's disease.
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