Marjorie Lee Browne

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Michigan
gptkbp:awardReceived National Science Foundation grant
gptkbp:birthDate 1914-09-09
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Memphis,_Tennessee,_United_States
gptkbp:contribution advocated for computer science education
promoted mathematics education for African-Americans
helped establish mathematics summer institutes for teachers
gptkbp:deathDate 1979-10-19
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Durham,_North_Carolina,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor George Yuri Rainich
gptkbp:employer gptkb:North_Carolina_Central_University
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:mathematics
gptkbp:gender female
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Marjorie Lee Browne
gptkbp:knownFor one of the first African-American women to receive a PhD in mathematics
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableStudent Josephine Silone Yates
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:educator
gptkb:mathematician
gptkbp:thesisTitle A Study of One Parameter Subgroups of Certain Topological and Matrix Groups
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:African-American_mathematicians
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8