Name Elizabeth Stephansen | Died February 23, 1961 | |
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(Mary Ann) Elizabeth Stephansen (10 March 1872, Bergen - 23 February 1961) was a Norwegian mathematician and educator.

She was educated at the Bergen Cathedral School. She was the first Norwegian woman to receive a mathematics doctorate, which she obtained in 1902 from the University of Zurich. She first served as a teacher of physics and mathematics at Bergen Cathedral School and Bergen Technical School. From 1906 until her retirement in 1937 she worked at the Agricultural College of Norway at Ås.
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