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Wikipedia
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Name
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Bio
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named as
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pages
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occupation
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sex or gender
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date of birth
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place of birth
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date of death
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place of death
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| 1
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w:en:Mary Anning
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Mary Anning
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British fossil collector, dealer, and paleontologist (1799-1847)
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38-41
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paleontologist
dealer of naturalia
fossil collector
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female
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1799-05-21
1800
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Lyme Regis
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1847-10-21
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Lyme Regis
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| 2
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w:en:Hertha Ayrton
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Hertha Ayrton
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English engineer, mathematician and inventor (1854-1923)
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184-186
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mathematician
electrical engineer
physicist
inventor
women's rights activist
suffragette
suffragist
writer
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female
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1854-04-28
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Portsea Island
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1923-08-23
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Lancing
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| 3
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w:en:Laura Bassi
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Laura Bassi
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Italian physicist (1711-1778)
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143-146
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physicist
university teacher
mathematician
anatomist
professor of philosophy
philosopher
biologist
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female
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1711-10-29
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Bologna
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1778-02-20
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Bologna
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| 4
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w:en:Mavis Batey
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Mavis Batey
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British cryptoanalyst, diplomat and garden historian (1921-2013)
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161
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cryptanalyst
mathematician
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female
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1921-05-05
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Dulwich
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2013-11-12
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Petworth
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| 5
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w:en:Annie Jump Cannon
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Annie Jump Cannon
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American astronomer (1863-1941)
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16
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astronomer
physicist
university teacher
astrophysicist
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female
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1863-12-11
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Dover
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1941-04-13
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Cambridge
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| 6
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w:en:Émilie du Châtelet
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Émilie du Châtelet
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French mathematician, physicist, and author (1706-1749)
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156-159
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mathematician
physicist
philosopher of language
essayist
salonnière
translator
philosopher
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female
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1706-12-17
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Paris
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1749-09-10
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Lunéville
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| 7
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w:en:Joan Clarke
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Joan Clarke
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English cryptanalyst
|
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163
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cryptanalyst
mathematician
computer scientist
numismatist
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female
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1917-06-24
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West Norwood
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1996-09-04
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Headington
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| 8
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w:en:Rozanne Colchester
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Rozanne Colchester
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British intelligence cryptanalyst
|
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161
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cryptanalyst
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female
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1922-11-10
|
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2016-11-17
|
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| 9
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w:en:Jane Colden
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Jane Colden
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American botanist (1724-1766)
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53-55
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botanist
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female
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1724-03-27
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New York City
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1766-03-10
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New York City
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| 10
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w:en:Gertrude B. Elion
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Gertrude B. Elion
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American biochemist and pharmacologist
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96-98
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biologist
chemist
biochemist
pharmacologist
pharmacist
professor
researcher
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female
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1918-01-23
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New York
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1999-02-21
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Chapel Hill
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| 11
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w:en:Williamina Fleming
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Williamina Fleming
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Scottish astronomer (1857-1911)
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14-17
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astronomer
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female
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1857-05-15
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Dundee
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1911-05-21
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Boston
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| 12
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w:en:Dian Fossey
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Dian Fossey
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American zoologist, gorilla researcher (1932-1985)
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46-49
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anthropologist
primatologist
ethologist
zoologist
biologist
academic
writer
ecologist
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female
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1933-01-16
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San Francisco
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1985-12-26
1985-12-27
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Karisoke Research Center
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| 13
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w:en:Rosalind Franklin
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Rosalind Franklin
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British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer
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120-123
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chemist
molecular biologist
physicist
biochemist
biophysicist
crystallographer
university teacher
geneticist
biologist
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female
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1920-07-25
1921
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Notting Hill
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1958-04-16
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Royal Marsden Hospital
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| 14
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w:en:Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
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Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin
|
British-born American astronomer
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22-25
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astronomer
university teacher
astrophysicist
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female
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1900-05-10
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Wendover
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1979-12-07
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Cambridge
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| 15
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w:en:Sophie Germain
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Sophie Germain
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French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (1776-1831)
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172-174
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mathematician
physicist
philosopher
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female
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1776-04-01
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Paris
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1831-06-27
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Paris
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| 16
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Betty Gilbert
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British cryptanalyst
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163
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cryptanalyst
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female
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|
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| 17
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w:en:Ruby Hirose
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Ruby Hirose
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American biochemist and bacteriologist
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84-87
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chemist
biochemist
bacteriologist
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female
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1904-08-30
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Kent
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1960-10-07
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West Reading
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| 18
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w:en:Dorothy Hodgkin
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Dorothy Hodgkin
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British chemist
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147-150
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biologist
chemist
physicist
biochemist
crystallographer
biophysicist
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female
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1910-05-12
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Cairo
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1994-07-29
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Ilmington
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| 19
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w:en:Leta Stetter Hollingworth
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Leta Stetter Hollingworth
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American psychologist
|
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107-110
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psychologist
educational psychologist
writer
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female
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1886-05-25
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Dawes County
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1939-11-27
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Columbia University Irving Medical Center
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| 20
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w:en:Grace Hopper
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Grace Hopper
|
American computer scientist and United States Navy officer
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187-190
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mathematician
naval officer
computer scientist
university teacher
programmer
physicist
|
female
|
1906-12-09
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New York City
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1992-01-01
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Arlington County
|
| 21
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w:en:Hypatia
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Hypatia
|
Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
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152-155
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mathematician
philosopher
astronomer
writer
inventor
|
female
|
0360
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Alexandria
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0415-03
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Alexandria
|
| 22
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w:en:Mary Jackson (engineer)
|
Mary Jackson
|
American mathematician and aerospace engineer
|
|
193
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mathematician
aeronautical engineer
computer scientist
|
female
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1921-04-09
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Hampton
|
2005-03-11
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Hampton
|
| 23
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w:en:Mary the Jewess
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Mary the Jewess
|
Alchemist who lived between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE in Alexandria.
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176-179
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architect
alchemist
writer
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female
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-0200
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Alexandria
|
No/unknown value
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Alexandria
|
| 24
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w:en:Katherine Johnson
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Katherine Johnson
|
African-American mathematician
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192-194
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computer scientist
physicist
aeronautical engineer
mathematician
teacher
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female
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1918-08-26
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White Sulphur Springs
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2020-02-24
|
Newport News
|
| 25
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w:en:Irène Joliot-Curie
|
Irène Joliot-Curie
|
French scientist (1897-1956)
|
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76-79
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physicist
chemist
professor
politician
nuclear physicist
researcher
|
female
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1897-09-12
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13th arrondissement of Paris
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1956-03-17
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Paris
|
| 26
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w:en:Mary Kenner
|
Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner
|
US inventor
|
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180-183
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inventor
florist
|
female
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1912-05-17
|
Monroe
|
2006-01-13
|
|
| 27
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w:en:Sofya Kovalevskaya
|
Sofia Kovalevskaya
|
19th-century Russian mathematician
|
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168-171
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mathematician
physicist
novelist
university teacher
communard
writer
|
female
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1850-01-03
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Moscow
|
1891-02-10
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Hedvig Eleonora parish
|
| 28
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w:en:Rose Dieng-Kuntz
|
Rose Dieng Kuntz
|
Senegalese computer scientist
|
|
195-197
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computer scientist
artificial intelligence researcher
|
female
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1956-03-27
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Dakar
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2008-06-30
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Nice
|
| 29
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w:en:Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
|
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
|
Swiss-American psychiatrist and pioneer in near-death studies (1926-2004)
|
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103-106
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psychiatrist
essayist
writer
|
female
|
1926-07-08
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Zürich
|
2004-08-24
|
Scottsdale
|
| 30
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w:en:Henrietta Swan Leavitt
|
Henrietta Swan Leavitt
|
American astronomer and human calculator
|
|
16-17
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astronomer
human computer
|
female
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1868-07-04
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Lancaster
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1921-12-12
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Cambridge
|
| 31
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w:en:Esther Lederberg
|
Esther Lederberg
|
American microbiologist and pioneer of bacterial genetics (1922 - 2006)
|
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56-59
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geneticist
|
female
|
1922-12-18
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The Bronx
|
2006-11-11
|
Stanford
|
| 32
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w:en:Inge Lehmann
|
Inge Lehmann
|
Danish seismologist who discovered the Earth's inner core (1888-1993)
|
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18-21
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seismologist
geologist
surveyor
naturalist
geophysicist
|
female
|
1888-05-13
|
Tommerup
Østerbro
|
1993-02-21
|
Copenhagen
|
| 33
|
w:en:Rita Levi-Montalcini
|
Rita Levi-Montalcini
|
Italian neurologist (1909-2012)
|
|
124-126
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neurologist
neuroscientist
biochemist
politician
physician
scientist
|
female
|
1909-04-22
|
Turin
|
2012-12-30
|
Rome
|
| 34
|
w:en:Ada Lovelace
|
Ada Lovelace
|
English mathematician (1815–1852)
|
|
198-201
|
mathematician
programmer
poet
computer scientist
inventor
translator
writer
engineer
|
female
|
1815-12-10
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London
|
1852-11-27
|
Marylebone
|
| 35
|
w:en:Bertha Lutz
|
Bertha Lutz
|
Brazilian scientist (1894-1976)
|
|
50-52
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zoologist
women's rights activist
herpetologist
politician
writer
botanist
|
female
|
1894-08-02
|
São Paulo
|
1976-09-16
|
Rio de Janeiro
|
| 36
|
w:en:Wangarĩ Maathai
|
Wangari Muta Maathai
|
Kenyan environmentalist and politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004
|
|
64-66
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biologist
teacher
veterinarian
politician
environmentalist
activist
|
female
|
1940-04-01
|
Nyeri
|
2011-09-25
|
Nairobi
|
| 37
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w:en:Miriam D. Mann
|
Miriam D. Mann
|
Human Computer, NACA/NASA
|
|
191
|
human computer
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female
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1907-07-25
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Covington
|
1967
|
|
| 38
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w:en:Annie S. D. Maunder
|
Annie Scott Dill Maunder
|
British astronomer (1868-1947)
|
|
30-32
|
astronomer
mathematician
human computer
scientist
|
female
|
1868-04-14
|
Strabane
|
1947-09-15
|
Wandsworth
London
|
| 39
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w:en:Lise Meitner
|
Lise Meitner
|
Austrian-Swedish physicist
|
|
132-135
|
nuclear physicist
university teacher
chemist
physicist
|
female
|
1878-11-07
1878-11-17
|
Vienna
|
1968-10-27
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Cambridge
|
| 40
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w:en:Maria Sibylla Merian
|
Maria Sibylla Merian
|
entomologist, botanist, naturalist, scientific illustrator, graphic artist, painter, and lepidopterologist (1647-1717)
|
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42-45
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entomologist
lepidopterist
botanist
naturalist
painter
illustrator
scientific illustrator
botanical illustrator
graphic artist
artist
|
female
|
1647-04-02
|
Frankfurt
|
1717-01-13
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Amsterdam
|
| 41
|
w:en:Ynes Mexia
|
Ynes Mexia
|
Mexican-American botanist (1870-1938)
|
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60-63
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botanist
botanical collector
lecturer
social worker
|
female
|
1870-05-24
|
Georgetown
|
1938-07-12
|
Berkeley
|
| 42
|
w:en:Fe del Mundo
|
Fe del Mundo
|
Filipina pediatrician
|
|
72-75
|
pediatrician
scientist
|
female
|
1900-11-27
|
Intramuros
|
2011-08-06
|
Quezon City
|
| 43
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w:en:Ida Noddack
|
Ida Noddack
|
German chemist
|
|
116-119
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physicist
chemist
|
female
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1896-02-25
|
Wesel
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1978-09-24
|
Bad Neuenahr
|
| 44
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w:en:Emmy Noether
|
Emmy Noether
|
German Jewish mathematician (1882–1935)
|
|
164-167
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mathematician
physicist
university teacher
|
female
|
1882-03-23
|
Erlangen
|
1935-04-14
|
Bryn Mawr
|
| 45
|
w:en:Ruby Payne-Scott
|
Ruby Payne-Scott
|
Australian radio astronomer (1912-1981)
|
|
33-36
|
physicist
astronomer
university teacher
|
female
|
1912-05-28
|
Grafton
|
1981-05-25
|
Mortdale
|
| 46
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w:en:Margaret Rock
|
Margaret Rock
|
British cryptoanalyst (1903–1983)
|
|
161
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cryptanalyst
|
female
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1903-07-07
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Hammersmith
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1983-08
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Worcester
|
| 47
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w:en:Margaret Sanger
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Margaret Sanger
|
American birth control activist, educator and nurse (1879-1966)
|
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92-95
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nurse
sex columnist
activist
trade unionist
women's rights activist
film director
writer
educator
|
female
|
1879-09-14
|
Corning
|
1966-09-06
|
Tucson
|
| 48
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w:en:Kamala Sohonie
|
Kamala Sohonie
|
Indian biochemist (1911–1998)
|
|
88-91
|
biochemist
researcher
|
female
|
1911-06-18
1912
|
Indore
|
1998-06-28
|
New Delhi
|
| 49
|
w:en:Nettie Stevens
|
Nettie Stevens
|
American geneticist
|
|
112-115
|
biologist
geneticist
zoologist
librarian
|
female
|
1861-07-07
|
Cavendish
|
1912-05-04
|
Baltimore
|
| 50
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w:en:Tapputi
|
Tapputi
|
Babylonian perfume-maker, considered to be the world's first chemist
|
|
140-142
|
chemist
perfumer
|
female
|
-12th century
|
No/unknown value
|
No/unknown value
|
No/unknown value
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| 51
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w:en:Helen Rodríguez Trías
|
Helen Rodríguez Trías
|
American pediatrician and activist (1929–2001)
|
|
99-102
|
scientist
|
female
|
1929-07-07
|
New York City
|
2001-12-27
|
Santa Cruz
|
| 52
|
w:en:Dorothy Vaughan
|
Dorothy Vaughan
|
African-American mathematician
|
|
194
|
computer scientist
programmer
mathematician
|
female
|
1910-09-20
|
Kansas City
|
2008-11-10
|
Hampton
|
| 53
|
w:en:Leona Woods
|
Leona Woods
|
American nuclear physicist
|
|
136-139
|
nuclear physicist
writer
physicist
university teacher
chemist
|
female
|
1919-08-09
|
La Grange
|
1986-11-10
|
Santa Monica
|
| 54
|
w:en:Jane C. Wright
|
Jane Cooke Wright
|
American oncologist (1919-2013)
|
|
80-83
|
oncologist
|
female
|
1919-11-20
|
Manhattan
|
2013-02-19
|
Guttenberg
|
| 55
|
w:en:Chien-Shiung Wu
|
Chien-Shiung Wu
|
Chinese-American experimental physicist
|
|
128-131
|
nuclear physicist
university teacher
physicist
scientist
|
female
|
1912-05-31
|
Taicang
|
1997-02-16
|
New York City
|
| 56
|
w:en:Wang Zhenyi (astronomer)
|
Wang Zhenyi
|
Chinese astronomer, mathematician and poet (18th century).
|
|
26-29
|
poet
astronomer
mathematician
|
female
|
1768
|
Jiangning County
|
1797
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