th - century ▁women ▁mathemat icians <0x0A> </s> ▁August in ▁Ma ior ▁( 2 2 ▁August ▁ 1 8 8 2 ▁– ▁ 3 ▁October ▁ 1 9 6 3 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Roman ian ▁phys ic ist , ▁educ ator ▁and ▁invent or . ▁ ▁Studies ▁Ma ior ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Reg hin , ▁Trans ylvan ia ▁( then ▁Sz ász ré gen , ▁part ▁of ▁Austria - H ung ary ) ▁on ▁ 2 1 ▁August ▁ 1 8 8 2 . ▁His ▁parents , ▁Ter esa ▁( a ▁well - ed uc ated ▁woman ) ▁and ▁George ▁( te acher ▁and ▁then ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ian ▁Primary ▁School ▁in ▁Reg hin ) ▁had ▁five ▁children : ▁Oliv ia , ▁August in , ▁Julius , ▁George ▁and ▁Ana . ▁ ▁Ma ior ' s ▁early ▁years ▁of ▁school ing ▁in ▁Reg hin ▁were ▁in ▁German : ▁his ▁kind erg arten , ▁primary ▁and ▁secondary ▁school ing ▁were ▁at ▁the ▁German ▁Evangel ical ▁School . ▁Then ▁he ▁attended ▁the ▁P iar ist ▁High ▁School ▁in ▁T âr gu ▁M ure ș ▁and ▁Catholic ▁High ▁School ▁in ▁Budapest . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁a ▁facility ▁for ▁learning ▁foreign ▁languages , ▁he ▁showed ▁promise ▁in ▁physics ▁and ▁mathematics . ▁He ▁passed ▁the ▁Bac cala ure ate ▁exam ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁and ▁then ▁until ▁ 1 9 0 4 ▁he ▁attended ▁the ▁Fac ulty ▁of ▁Mechan ical ▁Engineering ▁of ▁the ▁Poly techn ic ▁Institute ▁in ▁Budapest . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0