Evelyn Boyd Granville, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Evelyn Boyd Granville

African-American mathematician

Date of Birth: 01-May-1924

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Profession: computer scientist, mathematician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Evelyn Boyd Granville (born May 1, 1924) was the second African-American woman to receive a Ph.D.
in mathematics from an American University; she earned it in 1949 from Yale University (she attended Smith College before Yale).
She performed pioneering work in the field of computing.