Born: March 23, 1882, Erlangen, Germany
Died: April 14, 1935, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Emmy Noether (Amalie) was a German mathematician, noted for her work in abstract algebra. Born of a mathematical family, she audited university courses because at that time women were not allowed to attend German universities; nevertheless she was granted a Ph.D. in 1907 by the University of Erlangen. When the Nazis came to power, Noether went to the United States, where she lectured at Bryn Mawr College and the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, New Jersey. Her work on the theory of invariants was used by Albert Einstein in formulating some of his relativistic concepts.
