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Main interests. Mathematics. Astronomy. Hypatia [a] (born c. 350–370; died 415 AD) [1] [4] was a Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, then part of the Eastern Roman Empire. She was a prominent thinker in Alexandria where she taught philosophy and astronomy. [5]
Hypatia, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who lived in a very turbulent era in Alexandria’s history. She is the earliest female mathematician of whose life and work reasonably detailed knowledge exists.
Mar 14, 2010 · Hypatia, Ancient Alexandria’s Great Female Scholar. An avowed paganist in a time of religious strife, Hypatia was also one of the first women to study math, astronomy and philosophy
Jun 20, 2021 · Hypatia is probably the most famous of the female philosophers from the ancient world, because of her shocking death. But how unusual was she? While Hypatia would most definitely have stood out as a novelty, she was not the only woman who taught philosophy under the Roman Empire.
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Sep 2, 2009 · Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 370 - March 415) was a female philosopher and mathematician, born in Alexandria, Egypt possibly in 370 (although some scholars cite her birth as c. 350). Little is known of...
Feb 25, 2021 · Born around 350 A.D. in Alexandria, Egypt, to a famous mathematician and philosopher, Hypatia had more freedom than many girls and women because of her respected father. Most women didn’t...
Hypatia of Alexandria was the first woman to make a substantial contribution to the development of mathematics. Hypatia was the daughter of the mathematician and philosopher Theon of Alexandria and it is fairly certain that she studied mathematics under the guidance and instruction of her father.
Lived c. 370 – 415 AD. Hypatia was one of the most eminent mathematicians and astronomers of late antiquity. Scholars traveled from around the classical world to learn mathematics and astronomy at her school. Her brutal killing at the hands of a frenzied mob of Christian fanatics shocked the Greco-Roman world.
Apr 22, 2019 · Hypatia's Heritage: A History of Women in Science from Antiquity Through the Nineteenth Century. 1986. Hypatia appears as a character or theme in several works of other writers, including in Hypatia, or New Foes with Old Faces , a historical novel by Charles Kingley.
