Helen Almira Shafer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetHelen Almira Shafer
American mathematician
Date of Birth: 23-Sep-1839
Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, United States
Date of Death: 20-Jan-1894
Profession: mathematician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Helen Almira Shafer
- Helen Almira Shafer (born Newark, New Jersey, 23 September 1839; died Wellesley, Massachusetts, 20 January 1894) was a president of Wellesley College. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1863, she was a teacher of mathematics at Central High School in St.
- Louis, Missouri, from 1865 until 1875.
- In 1877, she became professor of mathematics at Wellesley.
- She was made president in January 1888.
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