Barwell, Mildred Emily

Title

Miss

First name(s)

Mildred Emily

Surname

Barwell

Position(s) held at King's College London

Lecturer of Mathematics to King's College Ladies Department, 1898-[1899]

Education & professional details

School, college and/or university attended

• Baker Street High School ^{Ref: * 1}
• Girton College, Cambridge BA (1892-1895) Both parts of the Mathematical Tripos Part 1, Class II (1895) and Part II, Class III (1896) ^{Ref: *2}
• MA Dublin (1905) ^{Ref: *1}

Position(s) held (non King's College London)

• Begins teaching Maths in London c.1886
• Lecturer of Mathematics to King's College Ladies Department, 1898-[1899]
• Lecturer in Mathematics, Girton COllege, Cambridge (1899)
• Maths Mistress, Dulwich College (1900-1902)
• Lecturer in Mathematics, Alexandra College, Dublin (1902-1919) ^{Ref: *1}

Professional activities

Elected to London Mathematical Society, 1879 (Femininity, Mathematics and Science, 1880–1914, 159), following the reading of her paper on conformal mapping in 1898. ^{Ref: *1}

Publications

"The advisability of including some instruction in the school course on the history of mathematics." The mathematical gazette 7, no. 104 (1913): 72-79.

Personal details

Date of birth

5 November 1873

Place of birth

St George Hanover Square, London

Date of death

1 March 1978

Place of death

Bideford, Devon

Family details

Parents were Richard Barwell, a surgeon, and Mary Diana Shuttleworth.