Dame Kathleen Timpson Ollerenshaw, DBE is a British mathematician and politician. Deaf since the age of eight, she loved doing arithmetic problems as a child. At the age of 19, she gained admittance to Somerville College Oxford University to study mathematics. She completed her doctorate at Somerville in 1945 on "Critical Lattices" under the supervision of Theo Chaundy.

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  • Dame Kathleen Timpson Ollerenshaw, DBE is a British mathematician and politician. Deaf since the age of eight, she loved doing arithmetic problems as a child. At the age of 19, she gained admittance to Somerville College Oxford University to study mathematics. She completed her doctorate at Somerville in 1945 on "Critical Lattices" under the supervision of Theo Chaundy. She wrote five original research papers which were sufficient for her to earn her DPhil degree without the need of a formal written thesis. While an undergraduate, she became engaged to Colonel Robert Ollerenshaw, who became a distinguished military surgeon, a pioneer of medical illustration, and was High Sheriff of Greater Manchester from 1978 to 1979. They married in September 1939. After the Second World War, the Ollerenhaws moved to Manchester, where Kathleen worked as a part-time lecturer in the mathematics department at Manchester University and continued her work on lattices. In 1949, at the age of 37, she received her first effective hearing aid. Ollerenshaw served as a Conservative Councillor for Rusholme for twenty-six years (1956-1981), was Lord Mayor of Manchester (1975-1976), and was the prime motivator in the creation of the Royal Northern College of Music. She was made a Freeman of the City of Manchester and was an advisor on educational matters to Margaret Thatcher's government in the 1980s. She has published at least 26 mathematical papers, her best-known contribution being to most-perfect pandiagonal magic squares. An annual public lecture at the School of Mathematics, University of Manchester is named in her honour. A keen amateur astronomer, she donated her telescope to Lancaster University, and an observatory there bears her name. She is a member of the Manchester Astronomical Society and held the post of Vice President for a number of years. Dame Kathleen is one of the most eminent former pupils of St Leonards School in St Andrews, Fife and served as the school's president from 1981-2003. She was succeeded by Baroness Byford, Conservative spokeswoman in the House of Lords. Composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies dedicated his Naxos Quartet No.9 to her. Ollerenshaw has an Erdős number of 5 by way of Hermann Bondi, Ivor Robinson, Peter Bergmann and Ernst G. Straus. In 1970, Ollerenshaw was appointed Dame Commander of the British Empire for services to education.
  • Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw DBE on brittiläinen matemaatikko ja Konservatiivipuolueen poliitikko. Hän on ollut lapsuudestaan saakka kuulovammainen. Ollerenshaw valmistui Oxfordin yliopistosta ja loi merkittävän uran Manchesterissa. Hän sai kaksi lasta: vuonna 1941 syntyneen pojan, Charlesin, sekä vuonna 1946 syntyneen tyttären, Florencen. Ollerenshawista tehtiin Brittiläisen imperiumin ritarikunnan Dame vuonna 1970, ja hän toimi Manchester Statistical Societyn puheenjohtajana 1979–1981. Hänet tunnetaan myös harrastajatähtitieteilijänä.
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  • Dame Kathleen Timpson Ollerenshaw, DBE is a British mathematician and politician. Deaf since the age of eight, she loved doing arithmetic problems as a child. At the age of 19, she gained admittance to Somerville College Oxford University to study mathematics. She completed her doctorate at Somerville in 1945 on "Critical Lattices" under the supervision of Theo Chaundy.
  • Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw DBE on brittiläinen matemaatikko ja Konservatiivipuolueen poliitikko. Hän on ollut lapsuudestaan saakka kuulovammainen. Ollerenshaw valmistui Oxfordin yliopistosta ja loi merkittävän uran Manchesterissa. Hän sai kaksi lasta: vuonna 1941 syntyneen pojan, Charlesin, sekä vuonna 1946 syntyneen tyttären, Florencen.
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