Margaret H. Wright

American computer scientist and academic
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Summary

Margaret H. Wright was born on February 18, 1944[1], in Hanford[2]. She has worked as a computer scientist[3], mathematician[4], and academic[5]. She ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (96 views/month, #7,286 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[7]
  • Employer: Sylvania Electric Products[8], Bell Labs[9], Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science[10], New York University[11], National Physical Laboratory[12], University of Wisconsin–Madison[13]
  • Doctoral advisor: Gene H. Golub[14], Walter Murray[15]
  • Award received: AWM/MAA Falconer Lecture[16], Noether Lecture[17], Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics[18], John von Neumann Prize[19], Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[20], honorary doctor of Royal Institute of Technology[21]
  • Member of: National Academy of Sciences[22], American Academy of Arts and Sciences[23], National Academy of Engineering[24], Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics[25], American Mathematical Society[26]
  • Sex or gender: female[27]
  • Commons category: Margaret H. Wright[28]
  • Family name: Wright[29]
  • Given name: Margaret[30]
  • Work location: Murray Hill[31]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[32]
  • Different from: Margaret Wright[33]
  • Erdős number: 3[34]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: NYU Faculty Name Identifiers (PCC URIs in MARC Pilot and PCC Wikidata Pilot Project)[35]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[36]

Why It Matters

Margaret H. Wright has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] She is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

FAQs

Where was Margaret H. Wright born?

Margaret H. Wright was born in Hanford[2].

What did Margaret H. Wright do for work?

Margaret H. Wright worked as a computer scientist[3], mathematician[4], and academic[5].

What awards did Margaret H. Wright receive?

Honors received include AWM/MAA Falconer Lecture[16], Noether Lecture[17], Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics[18], and John von Neumann Prize[19].

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  4. [3] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . agnesscott.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . agnesscott.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] ↑ . informs.org. Retrieved . informs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . math.nyu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . informs.org. Retrieved . informs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . simonsfoundation.org. Retrieved . simonsfoundation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . simonsfoundation.org. Retrieved . simonsfoundation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . siam.org. Retrieved . siam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . cacm.acm.org. Retrieved . cacm.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . ams.org. Retrieved . ams.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . kth.se. Retrieved . kth.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [14] ↑ . informs.org. Retrieved . informs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [15] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . www.nasonline.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [25] ↑ . siam.org. Retrieved . siam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . ams.org. Retrieved . ams.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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