Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler

Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler
Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler
Born	Anna Johnson; May 5, 1883; Calliope, Iowa, U.S.
Died	March 26, 1966 (aged 82); Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Spouses	; Alexander Pell (m. 1907; died 1921) Arthur Wheeler (m. 1925; died 1932)
Alma mater	University of Göttingen (PhD, 1910); Radcliffe College (MA, 1905); University of Iowa (MA, 1904); University of South Dakota (BA, 1903);
Known for	Early work on linear algebra in infinite dimensions
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Bryn Mawr College; Mount Holyoke College;
Theses	Biorthogonal Systems of Functions with Applications to the Theory of Integral Equations (1909); The extension of Galois theory to linear differential equations (1904);
Doctoral advisors	David Hilbert; Felix Klein; Hermann Minkowski; Karl Schwarzchild; E. H. Moore;
Doctoral students	Dorothy Maharam; Marion Cameron Gray;
Other notable students	Annita Tuller;

Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler (née Johnson; May 5, 1883 – March 26, 1966) was an American mathematician. She is best known for early work on linear algebra in infinite dimensions, which has later become a part of functional analysis.

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