Edna Kramer
Mathematician, Author
1902 – 1984
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Who was Edna Kramer?
Edna Ernestine Kramer Lassar, 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 at Columbia University.
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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- Born
- May 11, 1902
Manhattan - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
- Lived in
- Manhattan
- Died
- Jul 9, 1984
Manhattan
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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