Saly Ruth Ramler Explained

Saly Ruth Ramler
Birth Date:November 10, 1894
Birth Place:Kolomyia
Death Date:1993
Fields:Mathematics
Alma Mater:Charles University in Prague
Doctoral Advisor:Gerhard Kowalewski
Georg Alexander Pick
Known For:First woman to receive a math PhD from Charles University

Saly Ruth Ramler (1894–1993), also known as Saly Ruth Struik, was the first woman to receive a mathematics PhD from the German University in Prague, now known as Charles University.[1]

Life and work

Her 1919 dissertation, on the axioms of affine geometry, was supervised by Gerhard Kowalewski and Georg Alexander Pick.[2] She married the Dutch mathematician and historian of mathematics Dirk Jan Struik in 1923. Between 1924 and 1926, the pair traveled Europe and met many prominent mathematicians, using Dirk Struik's Rockefeller fellowship. In 1926, they emigrated to the United States, and Dirk Struik accepted a position at MIT.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Bečvářová . Martina . Saly Ruth Struik, 1894–1993 . The Mathematical Intelligencer . 2018 . 40 . 4 . 79–85. 10.1007/s00283-018-9835-1 . 126187647 .
  2. Web site: Saly Ruth (Ramler) Struik . The Mathematics Genealogy Project . 5 November 2018.
  3. Web site: Remembering Dirk Jan Struik, 1894-2000 . Mathematical Association of America . 6 November 2018.