Jacqueline Naze Tjøtta

Jacqueline Naze Tjøtta
Jacqueline Naze Tjøtta in 1966
Born	(1935-06-01)1 June 1935 Montpellier, France
Died	9 March 2017(2017-03-09) (aged 81) Oslo, Norway
Nationality	French/Norwegian
Occupation	Mathematician
Spouse	Sigve Tjøtta ​ (m. 1964)​

Jacqueline Andrée Naze Tjøtta (1 June 1935 – 9 March 2017) was a Norwegian mathematician who became the first female mathematical sciences professor in Norway.^[1]

Jacqueline Naze was born in Montpellier, France, to musician Maurize André Naze and Renée Marie Courbet. She graduated in mathematics from the Aix-Marseille University and Sorbonne, Paris. She married Norwegian mathematician Sigve Tjøtta in 1964. She was appointed professor in applied mathematics at the University of Bergen from 1966. Her research interests focused on kinetic theory, magnetohydrodynamics and theoretical acoustics.^[2]

She died in Oslo on 9 March 2017 at the age of 81.^[1]

References

1. Berntsen, Jarle; Lunde, Per (16 March 2017). "Nekrolog: Jacqueline Andreè Naze Tjøtta". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 March 2017.
2. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Tjøtta, Jacqueline Andrée Naze". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 564. Retrieved 26 March 2017.