Edna Kramer

Edna Ernestine Kramer Lassar (May 11, 1902 – July 9, 1984), born Edna Ernestine Kramer, was an American mathematician and author of mathematics books.

Edna Ernestine Kramer Lassar
Born	May 11, 1902 Manhattan, New York, US
Died	July 9, 1984 Manhattan, New York, US
Nationality	American

Kramer was born in Manhattan to Jewish immigrants.[1] She earned her B.A. summa cum laude in mathematics from Hunter College in 1922.[2] While teaching at local high schools, she earned her M.A. in 1925 and Ph.D. in 1930 in mathematics (with a minor in physics) from Columbia University with Edward Kasner as her advisor.

She married the French teacher Benedict Taxier Lassar on July 2, 1935.

Kramer died at the age of 82 in Manhattan of Parkinson's disease.

Works

• The Main Stream of Mathematics [sic] (1951)
• The Nature and Growth of Modern Mathematics (1970)

References

1. "Edna Kramer Lassar". Biographies of Women Mathematicians. Agnes Scott College. May 1997.
2. "The evening world. (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, June 15, 1922, Wall Street Final Edition, Image 26". 1922-06-15. p. 26. ISSN 1941-0654. Retrieved 2017-10-20.

External links

• Biography from Agnes Scott College
• MacTutor biography
• Green, Judy; LaDuke, Jeanne (2008). Pioneering Women in American Mathematics — The Pre-1940 PhD's. History of Mathematics. 34 (1st ed.). American Mathematical Society, The London Mathematical Society. ISBN 978-0-8218-4376-5. Biography on p. 335-337 of the Supplementary Material at AMS