Gertrude Blanch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gertrude Blanch

mathematician

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1897

Place of Birth: Poland

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1996

Profession: computer scientist, mathematician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Gertrude Blanch (2 February 1897, in Kolno, Russian Empire (now Poland) – 1 January 1996) was an American mathematician who did pioneering work in numerical analysis and computation.
She was a leader of the Mathematical Tables Project in New York from its beginning.
She worked later as the assistant director and leader of the Numerical Analysis at UCLA computing division and was head of mathematical research for the Aerospace Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.