Sofia Kovalevskaya

Sofia Kovalevskaya Net Worth

Sofia Kovalevskaya was a Russian-born mathematician born on January 15, 1850. She graduated from the University of Heidelberg and submitted a dissertation to the University of Göttingen in which she outlined an important mathematical concept now known as the Cauchy-Kovalevski theorem. This theorem has become an important part of mathematics and is still studied today.

Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day January 15, 1850
Birth Place Russia
Age 169 YEARS OLD
Died On Feb 10, 1891 (age 41)
Birth Sign Capricorn

💰 Net worth: $6.9 billion (2024)

About

After graduating from the University of Heidelberg, this Russian-born Mathematician submitted a dissertation to the University of Göttingen in which she laid out an important mathematical concept that is now known as the Cauchy-Kovalevski theorem.

Before Fame

She decorated the walls of her childhood bedroom with mathematical formulas.

Trivia

She was the first Russian woman to earn an advanced degree in mathematics, to become a full professor, and to edit a scientific publication.

Family Life

She and her two siblings grew up in Moscow, Russia, as the children of Yelizaveta Fedorovna Schubert and Vasily Vasilyevich Korvin-Krukovsky. She later settled in Germany with her scientist husband, Vladimir Kovalevskij.

Associated With

In the early 1870s, she attended intellectual gatherings ("salons") held at the London home of the famous author George Eliot.

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