Josephat Martin (Fanyana Mutyambizi) Harvey

Quick Info

Born

12 November 1949
Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)

Died

18 February 2011
Zimbabwe

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Summary

Martin Harvey was a Rhodesian mathematician who was the first person to gain a doctorate in mathematics from the University of Rhodesia.

Biography

Martin Harvey was born Funyana Mutyambizi in what was then Rhodesia. He was the first black student to gain First Class Honours in Mathematics from the University of Rhodesia, the first person to gain a doctorate in mathematics from that University, and the first black lecturer appointed to teach mathematics there. He went on to become an actuary and to lecture at the University of the Western Cape, in South Africa.

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Additional Resources (show)

Other pages about Martin Harvey:

1. Martin Harvey obituaries

Other websites about Martin Harvey:

1. Mathematical Genealogy Project
2. MathSciNet Author profile
3. zbMATH entry

Cross-references (show)

1. History Topics: African men with a doctorate in mathematics 1

Written by J J O'Connor and E F Robertson
Last Update May 2019