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Marian Palmer Capps

1901–2001

United States

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Marian L. Palmer Capps (also known as Mrs John Winston Capps, 1901 – November 17, 2001) was an American mathematician who became a professor at Norfolk State University and president of the Women's Auxiliary to the National Medical Association.

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