About Elizabeth Frances Cope
Lived 1902 – 1982 (aged 79). Elizabeth Frances Cope was an American mathematician.
Elizabeth Frances Cope (née Thorndike; August 19, 1902 – May 14, 1982), was an American mathematician who published on irregular differential equations. The Thorndike nomogram, a two-dimensional diagram of the Poisson distribution, is named for her.
Education and career Frances Cope was born in New York City to Elizabeth (Moulton) Thorndike and Edward L. Thorndike, an educational psychologist who taught at Teachers College, Columbia University.
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Who was Elizabeth Frances Cope?
American mathematician (1902–1982)
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Elizabeth Frances Cope was born on 19 August 1902 in New York City.
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Elizabeth Frances Cope died on 14 May 1982 in New York.
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Elizabeth Frances Cope was a mathematician.
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