Mary Wynne Warner
- 1951: After graduating from Sommerville College, Oxford, she went on to undertake research in mathematics.
- 1960: Her husband was appointed to a diplomatic post in Burma (now Myanmar), and she became a Mathematics lecturer at Rangoon (Yangon) University .
- 1964: Gerry Warner was moved to the British Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, and Mary registered to study for a doctorate there.
- Mary was the first wife of a diplomat to obtain a doctorate in a foreign country and to work full time as well as support her husband’s diplomatic work.
- 1968: She became a lecturer in mathematics at City, University of London.
- 1974: She moved to Malaysia with her husband and was appointed to the post of lecturer at both the Malaysian and Chinese universities in Kuala Lumpur.
- 1983: She established an MSc course at City, University of London and was promoted to the post of Reader.
- Mary was awarded a Chair in mathematics at City, University of London and she continued to publish extensively.
- 1996: Mary retired.
- Mary Warner made a significant contribution to the development of an important branch of mathematics known as ‘fuzzy mathematics’.
‘One of the leading researchers in fuzzy mathematics, who is highly respected by all her colleagues in her field.’ – Cyfieithwyd o J. J. O’Connor and E. F. Robertson, ‘Mary Wynne Warner’, MacTutor, October 2003 – https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Warner/