Cypra Cecilia Krieger-Dunaij (April 9, 1894 - August 17, 1974) was an Austro-Hungarian -born mathematician of German, Hungarian and Polish ancestry who lived and worked in Canada. Krieger was the first woman to earn a Ph.D in mathematics from a university in Canada, in 1930as well as the third woman to have been awarded a doctorate in any discipline in Canada,.

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  • Cypra Cecilia Krieger-Dunaij (April 9, 1894 - August 17, 1974) was an Austro-Hungarian -born mathematician of German, Hungarian and Polish ancestry who lived and worked in Canada. Krieger was the first woman to earn a Ph.D in mathematics from a university in Canada, in 1930as well as the third woman to have been awarded a doctorate in any discipline in Canada,. Krieger is well-known for having translated two works of Sierpinski in general topology. The Krieger-Nelson Prize, awarded annually by the Canadian Mathematical Society since 1995 for outstanding research by a female mathematician, is named in honour of Krieger and Evelyn Nelson. (en)
  • Cypra Cecilia Krieger Dunaij (9 avril 1894 à Jasło-1974) est une mathématicienne polonaise. Elle nait à Jasło en Galicie, dans l'empire autrichien, aujourd'hui ville polonaise. Ses parents, Moses et Sarah Krieger, étaient négociants. Cécila a été élevée dans une famille de cinq enfants; elle avait, en effet, deux frères et deux sœurs. Cecilia Krieger a fréquenté l'école en Pologne jusqu'en 1919, puis a intégré l'université de Vienne pour y étudier la physique mathématique. (fr)
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  • Cypra Cecilia Krieger-Dunaij (April 9, 1894 - August 17, 1974) was an Austro-Hungarian -born mathematician of German, Hungarian and Polish ancestry who lived and worked in Canada. Krieger was the first woman to earn a Ph.D in mathematics from a university in Canada, in 1930as well as the third woman to have been awarded a doctorate in any discipline in Canada,. (en)
  • Cypra Cecilia Krieger Dunaij (9 avril 1894 � Jasło-1974) est une mathématicienne polonaise. (fr)
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  • Cecilia Krieger (en)
  • Cecilia Krieger (fr)
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