Louise Duffield Cummings

1870- 1947 Louise Cummings was born in Hamilton, Ontario. Her early education was obtained in the public schools and Collegiate Institute at Hamilton. She received her B.A. (1895) with First Class Honors in Mathematics from the University of Toronto. The year 1895-96 was spent in graduate study under the direction of Professor DeLury of Toronto University. In 1896-97 Cummings held a fellowship in mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania, and the following year she was a student i…