2. ~INTRODUCTION~ 1)comparing two famous mathematicians 2)Jessie MacWilliams and Leonard Nelson 3) Jessie MacWilliams - England female mathematician 4)and Leonard Nelson - male German Philosopher 5)both successful and intelligent mathematicians 6)both had great contribution to mathematics

4. JESSIE MACWILLIAMS 1)born in 1917 in England 2)received her BA in 1938 and her MA the following year - both from Cambridge University 3) 1939, received traveling scholarship from Cambridge - went to Johns Hopkins University 4)1940, went to Harvard University - study for a year 5)married in 1941, left her mathematical work for some years - raise her three children (one daughter and two sons)

5. JESSIE MACWILLIAMS 1)1955 - became programmer - learned coding theory 2)Although did major research at Bell Labs 3)turned down - promotion for mathematics research position 4)she received a Ph.D 5)completed her PhD after returning to Harvard - one more year (1961-1962). 6)MacWilliams retired from Bell Labs in January 1983 and died in May 1990

7. LEONARD NELSON 1)In contrast Leonard Nelson - born in July 11, 1882 in Berlin. 2)part of the Neo-Friesian School 3)friend of another famous mathematician David Hilbert 4)Georg August University of Gottingen 5)advised by Julius Bauman 6)critical of Hengel in his work 7)progress and Regress in Philosophy 8)died young from pneumonia in October 29, 1927

8. SIMILARITIES 1)Leonard Nelson and Jessie MacWilliams had similarities 2)both worked really hard on mathematics 3)famous of one main type of mathematics 4)Leonard Nelson, it was philosophy. 5)Jessie MacWilliams, it was for Ph.D. 6)both had huge contribution in mathematics 7)little similarities between the two different mathematicians 8)both a success in mathematics.

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