Re: [HM] Sofia Kovalevskaya

Subject: Re: [HM] Sofia Kovalevskaya
From: Arcady A. Novosyolov (anov@post.krascience.rssi.ru)
Date: Wed Feb 09 2000 - 01:14:55 EST

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Bob:

"Sonya" is a short variant of "Sofia" (Sophie) in Russian. Relatives and
close friends might call her so.

Arcady

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>
> The Encyclopaedia Brittanica lists Kovalevsky, Sonya [Sophie]
> and lists a reference to a book, Sonja Kovalevsky (1892) by
> Anna Leffler, which is "based on Sonya's [sic] autobiography,
> which is a human document of extraordinary interest."
>
> I can find no other reference to "Sonya". Can anyone explain
> this discrepancy?
>
> Regards,
> Bob Taylor

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