
In 1939, however, she was selected to be one of the first three African American students to enroll in a graduate program at West Virginia University. She subsequently moved to Virginia to take a teaching job. In 1937, at age 18, Coleman graduated with highest honours from West Virginia State College (now West Virginia State University), earning bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and French. Her work helped send astronauts to the Moon.Ĭoleman’s intelligence and skill with numbers became apparent when she was a child by the time she was 10 years old, she had started attending high school. Katherine Johnson, née Katherine Coleman, also known as (1939–56) Katherine Goble, (born August 26, 1918, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, U.S.-died February 24, 2020, Newport News, Virginia), American mathematician who calculated and analyzed the flight paths of many spacecraft during her more than three decades with the U.S. Three years after his death, she married James Johnson. From 1939 to 1956 she was Katherine Goble, having married James Goble. Katherine Johnson’s maiden name was Coleman.
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