Mabel Gweneth Humphreys (1911-2006) was a Canadian-American mathematician and Professor of Mathematics at Randolph-Macon Woman's College.
She received her Bachelor of Arts with honors in mathematics from the University of British Columbia in 1932, where she held scholarships for all four years.
Her dissertation was entitled On the Waring Problem with Polynomial Summands and her advisor was Leonard Eugene Dickson.
She began teaching at H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College in 1936 and was promoted to assistant professor in 1941.
After one year at Randolph-Macon, she was named Gillie A. Larew Professor and head of the mathematics department.
Humphreys was an active member of the Mathematical Association of America at both the sectional and national levels.
[1] Humphreys earned the Governor General's Gold Medal in 1932, which was awarded to the college student with the highest grade point average in Canada.
Her mother, Mabel Jane Thomas (1885-1963), was born in London, England, and worked as a dressmaker and a florist.