Margaret Eliza Maltby | |
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Born | |
Died | May 3, 1944 | (aged 83)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Oberlin College, A.B. 1882, A.M. 1891 Massachusetts Institute of Technology B.S. 1891 |
Known for | Measurement of high electrolytic resistances and of the conductivity of very dilute solutions. |
Children | 1[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Wellesley College University of Göttingen Lake Erie College Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt Barnard College |
Thesis | Methode zur Bestimmung grosser elektrolytischer Widerstände (1895) |
Doctoral advisor | Walther Nernst |
Other academic advisors | Friedrich Kohlrausch Arthur Webster |
Margaret Eliza Maltby (10 December 1860 – 3 May 1944) was an American physicist notable for her measurement of high electrolytic resistances and conductivity of very dilute solutions.[2] Maltby was also the first woman to earn a Bachelor of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,[3] and the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in physics from any German university.[4] She taught for over 30 years at Barnard College and was active in the American Association of University Women.
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