Davis historical archive of female mathematicians
Numbers of graduates of the University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge was founded in 1231 and the tripos was opened to women in 1881.
The women 1873-1881 were not formally classed: they did not officially take the University examinations.
The degrees listed are B.A. (Class I = Wrangler; Class II = Senior Optime; Class III = Junior Optime)
| Women
|
Date | I | II | III | IV
|
1873 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
|
1875 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1
|
1877 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
|
1878 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
|
1879 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
|
1880 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
|
1881 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2
|
Total | | | | | 20
|
| Men | Women | Total
|
Date | I | II | III | I | II | III | Men | Women
|
1882 | 56 | 71 | 83 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 210 | 5
|
1883 | 35 | 33 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 98 | 5
|
1884 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 122 | 8
|
1885 | 36 | 36 | 52 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 124 | 9
|
1886 | 36 | 35 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 114 | 10
|
1887 | 29 | 46 | 41 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 116 | 11
|
1888 | 32 | 47 | 42 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 121 | 15
|
1889 | 30 | 54 | 41 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 125 | 13
|
1890 | 34 | 48 | 42 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 124 | 17
|
1891 | 30 | 39 | 40 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 109 | 14
|
1892 | 37 | 38 | 48 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 123 | 12
|
1893 | 32 | 44 | 40 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 116 | 10
|
1894 | 33 | 39 | 43 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 115 | 23
|
1895 | 31 | 39 | 43 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 113 | 16
|
1896 | 28 | 37 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 87 | 14
|
1897 | 33 | 39 | 38 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 110 | 20
|
1898 | 28 | 43 | 42 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 113 | 16
|
1899 | 40 | 25 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 94 | 12
|
1900 | 18 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 82 | 19
|
1901 | 27 | 40 | 31 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 98 | 25
|
1902 | 23 | 27 | 41 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 91 | 19
|
1903 | 23 | 24 | 36 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 83 | 18
|
1904 | 37 | 22 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 89 | 22
|
1905 | 27 | 28 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 77 | 21
|
1906 | 33 | 39 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 96 | 23
|
1907 | 32 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 74 | 10
|
1908 | 31 | 34 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 100 | 18
|
1909 | 32 | 21 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 83 | 10
|
1910 | 24 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 57 | 11
|
1911 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 64 | 12
|
1912 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 70 | 16
|
1913 | 31 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 73 | 8
|
1914 | 27 | 20 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 68 | 9
|
1915 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 8
|
1916 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 11
|
1917 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 13
|
1918 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 7
|
1919 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 13
|
1920 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 7
|
1921 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 64 | 8
|
1922 | 36 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 64 | 8
|
1923 | 20 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 60 | 13
|
1924 | 32 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 81 | 16
|
1925 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 63 | 18
|
1926 | 33 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 74 | 16
|
1927 | 18 | 40 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 71 | 17
|
1928 | 17 | 38 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 79 | 12
|
1929 | 30 | 33 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 87 | 18
|
1930 | 24 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 75 | 18
|
1931 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 75 | 12
|
1932 | 18 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 54 | 11
|
1933 | 44 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 84 | 16
|
1934 | 39 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 84 | 9
|
1935 | 42 | 32 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 96 | 21
|
1936 | 33 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 75 | 15
|
1937 | 29 | 30 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 81 | 12
|
1938 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 82 | 13
|
1939 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 73 | 16
|
1940 | 27 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 67 | 7
|
Total | | | | | | | 4977 | 806
|
AELD/JOC/EFR May 2004
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