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Letitia Chitty

was born 127 years ago

15 July 1897

Letitia Chitty began studying the mathematical tripos but, after war work during World War I, she studied the mechanical sciences tripos. She became a civil engineer, applying mathematical theory and carrying out experiments.

Find out more at: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Chitty/