Nüzhet Gökdoğan
Nüzhet Gökdoğan was born on August 14, 1910. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Nüzhet Gökdoğan
Hatice Nüzhet Gökdoğan (Turkish: [haˈtidʒe ˈnyzhet ˈɟœkdoan]; 14 August 1910 – 24 April 2003) was a Turkish astronomer, mathematician and academic. After studying mathematics and astronomy in France as a young adult, Gökdoğan joined the faculty of Istanbul University in 1934 and completed her PhD. She was elected Dean of the university's Faculty of Science in 1954, becoming the first Turkish woman to serve as a university dean, and she was later made Chair of the astronomy department, significantly expanding her department's capacity and working to improve national and international collaboration between astronomers. Gökdoğan co-founded the Turkish Mathematical Society, the Turkish Astronomy Association and the Turkish University Women's Association. She was Turkey's first national representative at the International Astronomical Union (IAU), and has been credited as Turkey's first female astronomer.