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Sofia Kovalevskaya

19th century russian mathematician.

Born January 15th, 1850 in Moscow. [ref]

Died February 10th, 1891 at 41 years old in Hedvig Eleonora parish (pneumonia). [ref]

Occupations
academic, communard, mathematician, novelist, physicist, university teacher, writer
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