Jacqueline Naze Tjøtta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jacqueline Naze Tjøtta

Norwegian mathematician and professor

Date of Birth: 01-Jun-1935

Place of Birth: Montpellier, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 09-Mar-2017

Profession: professor, mathematician

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Jacqueline Andrée Naze Tjøtta (1 June 1935 – 9 March 2017) was a Norwegian mathematician who became the first female mathematical sciences professor in Norway.Jacqueline Naze was born in Montpellier, France, to musician Maurize André Naze and Renée Marie Courbet.
She graduated in mathematics from the Aix-Marseille University and Sorbonne, Paris.
She married Norwegian mathematician Sigve Tjøtta in 1964.
She was appointed professor in applied mathematics at the University of Bergen from 1966.
Her research interests focused on kinetic theory, magnetohydrodynamics and theoretical acoustics.She died in Oslo on 9 March 2017 at the age of 81.