Charlotte angas scott biography

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Charlotte angas scott biography!

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Born

8 June 1858
Lincoln, England

Died

10 November 1931
Cambridge, England

Summary

Charlotte Angas Scott studied at Cambridge but was not allowed to take her degree.

After graduate work at Cambridge she became the first Head of Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania USA.

Biography

Charlotte Angas Scott's father, the Rev Caleb Scott (1831-1919), was a Congregational Church minister and in 1865 he became Principal of the Lancashire Independent College, Whallay Range, Manchester.

This college trained nonconformist ministers.

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Caleb was born in Rothwell, Northampton on 24 May 1831 and baptised on 13 November of the same year. He was the son of the Rev Walter Scott who was also a Congregational Church minister and a strong champion of the working classes.

Charlotte's mother was Eliza Ann Exley (1837-1899) and she was born in Wakefield, York. Caleb and Eliza were married in York in 1855. Charlotte was the second of her parents' seven children;