Maria Wonenburger

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Wonenburger and the second or maternal family name is Planells.
Maria Wonenburger
Maria Wonenburger in 2011.
Born(1927-07-17)July 17, 1927
Montrove, Oleiros, Galicia
DiedJune 14, 2014(2014-06-14) (aged 86)
A Coruña, Galicia
Alma materYale University (PhD)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Toronto
University of Buffalo
University of Indiana
Thesis On the Group of Similitudes and Its Projective Group  (1957)
Doctoral advisorNathan Jacobson
Doctoral studentsRobert Moody

María Josefa Wonenburger Planells (July 17, 1927 – June 14, 2014) was a Galician mathematician who did research in the United States and Canada. She is known for her work on group theory. She was the first Spaniard to obtain a Fulbright scholarship for doctoral studies in mathematics.

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