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A paper copy of the Dictionary of Scientific Biography ... the most scholarly and comprehensive encyclopedia of scientific biographies ... is found in the library under the windows. This work only covers deceased scientists.

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Hypatia of Alexandria
Call Number: B667.H84 D9513 1995 Main Level, Row 7
Hypatia--brilliant mathematician, eloquent Neoplatonist, and a woman renowned for her beauty--was brutally murdered by a mob of Christians in Alexandria in 415. She has been a legend ever since.

Web sources

Periodic Table of Mathematicians
Created by Professor Erich Friedman from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Stetson University.

Some sources here are selected for their non-traditional formats. They allow browsing and discovery of biographies that might not be easily located in conventional sources. Other sources offer specialized biographical focus.

Mathematicians of the African Diaspora
Mathematicians of the African Diaspora (MAD) is maintained by Dr. Scott W. Williams at the University at Buffalo.
Mathematicians on Postage Stamps