María Andresa Casamayor was a Spanish mathematician, writer and girls' school teacher, born on 30 November 1720 and dead on 23 October 1780. She stood out for her mathematical thinking and her work with numbers and made significant contributions to arithmetic, which at the time was considered the exclusive domain of men. She is one of the few eighteenth century Spanish women scientists and mathematicians whose work has been preserved, together with María Pascuala Caro Sureda. She was born María Andresa Casamayor de La Coma on 30 November, Saint Andrew's Day, and was baptized the next day in the Church of El Pilar, being given the baptismal names Juana Rosa Andresa. She was born into a wealthy family of textile merchants.
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María Andresa Casamayor (30 November 1720 – 23 October 1780) was a Spanish mathematician, writer and Spanish girls' school teacher.
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In March 1738, when only 17 years old, she published the arithmetic text Tyrocinio arithmético designed to facilitate the learning of basic arithmetic: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
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María Andresa Casamayor (30 November 1720-23 October 1780) was a Spanish mathematician, writer and Spanish girls' school teacher.
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She stood out for her mathematical thinking and work with numbers and made significant contributions to arithmetic, which at the time was considered the exclusive domain of men.
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