Ietje Paalman-de Miranda

Aïda Beatrijs “Ietje” Paalman-de Miranda (20 February 1936 – 11 May 2020) was a Surinamese-born Dutch mathematician and full professor.

Ietje Paalman-de Miranda
Born
Aïda Beatrijs de Miranda[1]

20 February 1936
Uitvlugt, Paramaribo, Suriname
Died11 May 2020(2020-05-11) (aged 85)
NationalityDutch
OccupationMathematician, professor

She was born in Uitvlugt, Paramaribo.[1] When she was 17 years old she moved from Suriname to the Netherlands to study mathematics at the University of Amsterdam. In that era it was very unusual to study mathematics and she was the only woman at the faculty. She graduated cum laude on 23 November 1960. She started a PhD with Johannes de Groot as her supervisor. She got her doctor degree in 1960, also cum laude. In 1980 she became full professor in pure mathematics, becoming the first female full professor of mathematics in Amsterdam.[2]

Personal

She married Dolf Paalman (chief pharmacist). They had two children and three grand children.[2]

References
  1. "Album Academicum - Prof. dr. A.B. Paalman - de Miranda, 1936 -". University of Amsterdam (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 3 June 2020.
  2. Margriet van der Heijden (20 May 2020). "Ze hield zielsveel van zuivere wiskunde". NRC (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 7 June 2020.
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