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Winifred Margaret Deans (October 9, 1901 – June 7, 1990) was an

Family
Deans was born in New Milton, a town in southwest Hampshire, England. Her parents, Duncan Deans, a hosiery buyer from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and Mary Ann Sharp from Aberdeen, Scotland were married on November 18, 1897 in Aberdeen. Deans had one sibling, a younger brother, Maxwell, born in 1907.

Education and work
Deans attended the University of Aberdeen and received an MA with First Class Honors in Mathematics in 1922 and a BS in 1923. After receiving degrees in Scotland, she traveled to Cambridge, England to study at Newnham College. There, she took Part I of the Mathematical Tripos and earned a BA with First Class rank in 1925.

For the next two years, Deans served as the Assistant Mathematics and Physics Mistress at the County Secondary School for Girls in Harrow, London. In 1927, she returned to Aberdeen and was awarded a Diploma in Education. Deans, however, left teaching that same year and became an Assistant Science Editor with Messrs Blackie and Sons, Ltd., who were well-known publishers based in Glasgow.