Márta Svéd

The native form of this personal name is Svéd Márta. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Márta Svéd
Born
Márta Wachsberger

16 November or 16 December 1910
Kingdom of Hungary
Died30 September 2005(2005-09-30) (aged 94)
South Australia
CitizenshipHungarian
Australian
Alma materRoyal Joseph University
University of Adelaide
Known for
SpouseGeorge Svéd
Children2
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisOn finite linear and Baer structures (1985)

Márta Svéd (née Wachsberger; 16 November or 16 December 1910 – 30 September 2005) was a Hungarian mathematician who was a teacher of mathematics at the University of Adelaide after moving to Australia in the 1930s. She was 75 years old when she completed her PhD in 1985. She wrote the textbook Journey into Geometries (1991), and won the BH Neumann Award in 1994 for her contributions to mathematics learning in Australia.

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