| Authorised form of name | Cartwright; Dame; Mary Lucy (1900 - 1998) |
| Dates | 1900 - 1998 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 17/12/1900 |
| Date of death | 03/04/1998 |
| Research field | Mathematical analysis |
| Activity | Education:
Leamington High School (1912-1915); Graveley Manor School, Boscombe (1915-1916); Godolphin School, Salisbury (1916-1919); St Hugh's College, Oxford. BSc (1923, Maths), DPhil (1930)
Career:
Taught maths at Alice Ottley School, Worcester (1923-1927); Yarrow Research Fellow,Girton College, Cambridge; Lecturer and Staff Fellow, Girton College; Lecturer in Mathematics, Cambridge University (1935); Director of Studies for Mathematics, Girton College (1936-1949); Commandant, Girton College Red Cross Detachment (1940-1944); first woman to serve on Council of the Royal Society; Mistress of Girton College (1949-1968); member of Royal Society delegation to USSR, invited by the Academy of Sciences (!956); Reader in the Theory of Functions, Cambridge University (1959-1968); Chairwoman of Cambridge University Women's Appointments Board; served on the Education Syndicate, Cambridge University; first woman member of the Septem Viri, University Court on matters relating to staff (1958-1960); toured American universities (1968-1971); President, Mathematical Association (1952)
Honours:
DBE 1969
Memberships:
LMS (President 1961-1963); FIMA (Honorary); FRSE |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/03/1947 |
| Age at election | 46 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1955-1957
Medals and prizes:
Sylvester Medal 1964 |
| Relationships | Descended from John Theophilus Desaguliers (FRS 1714) and Thomas Desaguliers (FRS 1780); daughter of William Digby Cartwright, Rector of Aynho, Northamptonshire, and his wife Lucy Harriette Maud Bury |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2000 vol 46 pp 19-35, plate, by W K Hayman
References:
Joan Mason, 'The Women Fellows' Jubilee' in NR 1995 vol 49 pp 125-140 |
| Code | NA7957 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/000745 | Cartwright, Dame Mary Lucy | nd |
| IM/005678 | Cartwright, Dame Mary Lucy | nd |
| WF/289 | Grant application from Girton College, Cambridge, to the Wolfson Foundation | 1968-2010 |
| EC/1947/04 | Cartwright, Dame Mary Lucy: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/GA/WS/2674 | Cartwright, Dame Mary Lucy | nd |