Kathleen Ollerenshaw
Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw | |
|---|---|
Ollerenshaw signing a book in the Alan Turing Building | |
| Born | Kathleen Mary Timpson 1 October 1912 Withington, Manchester, England |
| Died | 10 August 2014 (aged 101) Didsbury, England |
| Alma mater | Somerville College, Oxford |
| Spouse |
Robert Ollerenshaw
(m. 1939; died 1986) |
| Children | 2 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Magic square Lattices |
| Institutions | University of Manchester |
| Thesis | (1945) |
| Doctoral advisor | Theodore William Chaundy |
Dame Kathleen Mary Ollerenshaw, DBE (née Timpson; 1 October 1912 – 10 August 2014) was a British mathematician and politician who was Lord Mayor of Manchester from 1975 to 1976 and an advisor on educational matters to Margaret Thatcher's government in the 1980s.