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Etta Zuber Falconer

American educator and mathematician
Also known as: Etta Zuber
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Erik Gregersen is a senior editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica, specializing in the physical sciences and technology. Before joining Britannica in 2007, he worked at the University of Chicago Press on the...
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Etta Zuber Falconer (born Nov. 21, 1933, Tupelo, Miss., U.S.ā€”died Sept. 19, 2002, Atlanta, Ga.) was an American educator and mathematician who influenced many African American women to choose careers in science and mathematics. Zuber graduated summa cum laude from Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., in 1953 with a bachelorā€™s degree in mathematics. Among her teachers at Fisk was mathematician Evelyn Granville, one of the first African American women to receive a doctoral degree in...

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