Brigitte Stenhouse

PhD (The Open University), MMath (Somerville College)

Status

Academic Faculty

Contact form

https://sites.google.com/view/brigitte-stenhouse

+44 1865 615178

Research groups

History of Mathematics

Address
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG

Teaching

B01.1 History of Mathematics

COD Dissertations on the History of Mathematics

I am also an Associate Lecturer in pure mathematics with The Open University.

Research interests

My research considers questions around: differential calculus in 19th-century Western Europe; circulation of knowledge, especially translations of mathematics; and the effects of gender on access to knowledge and knowledge production.

My doctoral thesis explores how Mary Somerville (1780-1872) accessed mathematical knowledge and communities, and what it meant for her to be described as a mathematician: Read here.

Prizes, awards, and scholarships

Awarded 2021 Montucla Prize by the International Commission on the History of Mathematics, for (Stenhouse, 2020).

Major / recent publications

Stenhouse, B. (2021), Mister Mary Somerville: Husband and Secretary, The Mathematical Intelligencer, Vol 43 (1), Pg 7-18. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00283-020-09998-6.
Stenhouse, B. (2020), Mary Somerville’s early contributions to the circulation of differential calculus, Historia Mathematica, Vol 51, Pg 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2019.12.001.