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Also known as Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva, Tatiana Ehrenfest-Afanaseva, Tatiana Afanassjewa

Russian/Dutch mathematician and physicist (1876-1964)

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Born
Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva, Татьяна Алексеевна Афанасьева , ( 1876-11-19 ) November 19, 1876, Kiev , Russian Empire
Died
April 14, 1964 (1964-04-14) (aged 87)
Citizenship
Russia, Netherlands
Alma mater
Women's University in St Petersburg , University of Göttingen
Spouse
Paul Ehrenfest ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1904 ⁠ – ⁠ 1933 ) ​
Children
4, including Tatyana and Galinka
Fields
Statistical mechanics

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Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
Russian Empire
Place of birth
Kyiv
Place of death
Leiden
Occupation
architect
Languages spoken
Dutch
Field of work
physics
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Tatiana Ehrenfest cropped.jpg
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Tatyana Afanasyeva
date of birth
1876-11-19
date of death
1964-04-14
birth name
Татьяна Алексеевна Афанасьева
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name in native language
Татья́на Афана́сьев
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Encyclopedic overview

Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva-Ehrenfest (née Afanasyeva; Russian: Татьяна Алексеевна Афанасьева-Эренфест; 19 November 1876 – 14 April 1964) was a Russian-Dutch mathematician and physicist who made contributions to the fields of statistical mechanics and statistical thermodynamics with her husband Paul Ehrenfest.

Early life

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