Maria Reiche
German-Peruvian mathematician and archaeologist
Maria Reiche Grosse-Neumann was a German-born Peruvian mathematician, archaeologist, and technical translator. She is known for her research into the Nazca Lines, which she first saw in 1941 together with American historian Paul Kosok. Wikipedia
Born: May 15, 1903, Dresden, Germany
Died: June 8, 1998 (age 95 years), Lima, Peru
Education: Dresden University of Technology
Known for: Nazca Lines
Parents: Anna Elizabeth Newmann and Max Felix Reiche-Grosse