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Ida Busbridge
Ida Winifred Busbridge (1908–1988) was a British mathematician who taught at the University of Oxford from 1935 until 1970. She was the first woman to be appointed to an Oxford fellowship in mathematics.
Life and career.
Ida Busbridge was educated at Christ's Hospital then studied mathematics at Royal Holloway College, London, where in 1929 she was the highest-ranked student in the final examinations for mathematics for the whole of the University of London. After obtaining a master's degree with distinction from London,
, since the late 19th century. In the past, some of the professors were provided with an official residence, either near New College or at the Radcliffe Observatory, although this practice ended in the 19th century. The astronomy professor is a member of the Sub-Department of Astrophysics at Oxford.
Foundation and duties.
Sir Henry Savile, the Warden of Merton College, Oxford, and Provost of Eton College, was deeply saddened by what the 20th-century mathematician Ida Busbridge has described as "the wretched state