My choice is Edsger Dijkstra's mother, a lesser known, but, according to him, profoundly gifted mathematician, who, incidentally, inspired him to some heights o

My choice is Edsger Dijkstra's mother, a lesser known, but, according to him, profoundly gifted mathematician, who, incidentally, inspired him to some heights of his own, better known, maths reasoning. Here she is in his papers: http://ewd.cs.utexas.edu.master.com/texis/master/search/mysite.html?q=mother http://ewd.cs.utexas.edu.master.com/texis/master/search/mysi...