Philippa Garrett Fawcett
1868–1948
Mathematician and civil servant. Daughter of Henry Fawcett (ODNB) and Millicent Garrett Fawcett (ODNB). Studied at Newnham College, Cambridge, and received the highest marks in the Mathematical Tripos in 1890. Lecturer, Newnham College, 1892–1902. Principal assistant in the executive officer (education) department of London County Council, 1905–20; assistant education officer (higher education), 1920–34.
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Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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