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سوفیا کووالوسکایا

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سوفیا کووالوسکایا

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Also known as Sofya Kovalevskaya, Sofya Kovalevskaia, Sofya Kovalevskaja, Sofya Kovalevsky, Sofia Kovalevskaia, Sofia Kovalevskaja, Sofia Kovalevsky, Sofja Kovalevskaya

19th-century Russian mathematician

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Sofia Kovalevskaya was a Russian mathematician of the 19th century who made significant contributions to mathematics during a time when women had very limited access to higher education. Her work and life are historically important because she demonstrated that women could excel in advanced mathematics and helped pave the way for greater opportunities for female scientists and scholars.

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Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
Russian Empire
Place of birth
Moscow
Occupation
novelist
Languages spoken
Swedish
Native language
Russian
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctoral advisor
Karl Weierstraß
Field of work
literature
Image
Sofja Wassiljewna Kowalewskaja 1.jpg
Residence
Paris
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Sofia Kovalevskaya
date of birth
1850-01-03
date of death
1891-02-10
medical condition
influenza
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Sofia Kovalevskaya
birth name
Софья Васильевна Круковская
Commons Creator page
Sofia Kovalevskaya
cause of death
viral pneumonia
manner of death
natural causes
significant person
Anne Charlotte Leffler
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WikiProject Mathematics
name in native language
Софья Васильевна Ковалевская
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