Agnes Sime Baxter

Agnes Sime Baxter (Hill) (18 March 1870 – 9 March 1917) was a Canadian-born mathematician. She studied at Dalhousie University, receiving her BA in 1891, and her MA in 1892. She received her Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1895; her dissertation was "On Abelian integrals", a resume of Neumann's Abelian integral with comments and applications."

Biography Agnes Sime Baxter was born on March 18, 1870, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Baxter family had emigrated to Canada from Scotland. Her father, Robert Baxter, was manager of the Halifax Gas Light Company, having managed a Scottish electric light company before moving to Nova Scotia.

Baxter enrolled at Dalhousie University in 1887. Her primary courses of study were mathematics and mathematical physics. Despite the relative lack of female scholars in these areas, Baxter received her bachelor's degree in 1891 and was the first women at the university to gain an honours degree. She received multiple awards at graduation, including the Sir William Young Medal for highest standing in mathematics and mathematical physics. On her death, her husband Albert Ross Hill wanted his wife's memory to be preserved and donated $1,000 to Dalhousie University for the purchase of a collection of books at Dalhousie University. The university also created the Agnes Baxter Reading Room within the Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computing Sciences.