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Katherine Okikiolu

was born 59 years ago

13 August 1965

Katherine Okikiolu was born in England, the daughter of a Nigerian mathematician. She went to the United States where she was awarded a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for both her mathematical research and her development of mathematics curricula for inner-city school children.

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