Mathematician:Lillian Rosanoff Lieber

Mathematician

American mathematician about whom (despite her time at Long Island University) few details survive.

Most famous for her work directed at T.C. Mits (The Celebrated Man In The Street). Her husband Hugh Gray Lieber often did the illustrations.

Some editions of her work are credited to Lilian R. Lieber, but most resources have her as Lillian.

American

Born: July 26, 1886 in Nicolaiev, Russian Empire
1891: Lieber moved to the US with her family
1908: A.B. from Barnard College
1908 -- 1910: Teaching at Hunter College
1911: M.A. from Columbia University
1910 -- 1912: Teaching in New York City high school system
1914: Ph.D. from Clark University
1914 -- 1915: Teaching in New York City high school system
1915 -- 1917: Research Fellow at Bryn Mawr College
1917 -- 1918: Instructor of Physics at Wells College (also acting as head of physics department)
October 27, 1926: Married Hugh Gray Lieber
1934: Joined mathematics department at Long Island University (LIU) in Brooklyn, New York
1934: Appointed director of the Galois Institute of Mathematics (later the Galois Institute of Mathematics and Art)
1945: Became department chair
1947: Made full professor
1954: Retired
Died: July 11, 1986 in Queens, New York

1936: The Einstein Theory of Relativity
- 1945: The Einstein Theory of Relativity (Part I of this edition is the same material published in 1936. Part II was new in this edition)
- 1949: The Einstein Theory of Relativity

1942: The Education of T. C. MITS
- 1944: The Education of T. C. MITS (revised & enlarged edition)

1947: Mits, Wits and Logic
- 1954: Mits, Wits, and Logic (Revised Edition)
- 1960: Mits, Wits, and Logic (3rd Edition)

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