Hypatia, the earliest known woman mathematician, wrote commentaries on several classic works of mathematics. The daughter of a mathematician, she was trained in mathematics and philosophy and became head of the Neoplatonic school at Alexandria, where...

Hypatia of Alexandira (370-415) was the only famous woman scholar in ancient Egypt. She became a teacher and wrote many books on mathematics along with criticisms of philosophical and mathematical concepts. Although all of her work has been lost or...

Although all of her work has been lost or destroyed, history regards Hypatia of Alexandria as the only famous female scholar of ancient times. She was the first woman ever known to teach and analyze highly advanced mathematics. Hypatia probably studied...

Hypatia(370/75 500 AD. Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff/Kluwer Academic Press,...

c. 370-415 Egyptian Mathematician, Astronomer, and Philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria was, in her prime, the leading mathematician and philosopher in Western civilization. Although she is not credited with new theorems in mathematics, Hypatia's...

Greek Philosopher and Mathematician370–415 C.E. A Byzantine church historian wrote that Hypatia was so learned in literature and science...

318-272 B.C. Greek female medical lecturer. It was said that Philista was so beautiful she had to speak from behind a curtain—a story also told regarding a scholar about whom much more is known, Hypatia of Alexandria (370-415). It is possible...

Hypatia of Alexandria (Greek: Ὑπατία; born between 350 and 370 AD – 415 AD) was a Greek[1] or Egyptian [2] scholar, considered the first notable woman in mathematics, who also taught philosophy and astronomy[3]. She lived in Roman Egypt, and...

Freethinkers have often pointed to Hypatia (355? - 415 C.E.) as a genuine freethought martyr (perhaps the first, but at least the first woman freethought martyr), killed for her views by fanatical Christians. Now, in this first book-length scholarly examination of Hypatia's life,...

Below, Dzielska surveys the confusion of fact and fiction that constitutes Hypatia's posthumous fame, evaluating the literary works of European and North American writers from the mid-eighteenth century to 1989, as well as the ancient sources that gave rise to that literary tradition. Dzielska points out that over the centuries, Hypatia's legendary story has been used to support a diverse range of viewpoints and ideologies.

In the excerpt below, Rist focuses on Hypatia's philosophical position, but he also attempts to separate the legends surrounding her from the accounts given in Socrates's Ecclesiastical History and the Suda. She was more closely aligned with traditional Platonism than with advanced Neoplatonism, he asserts, and her achievements in the field of philosophy have been inflated because of the circumstances of her death.

In the essay below, Hubbard offers an elaborate account of Hypatia's life and thought, stressing her independent mind and spirit as well as her indebtedness to Plato and Plotinus. Throughout, Hubbard uses details of her biography to express his personal antipathy to formal systems of religion.

The mathematical world owes a lot to Hypatia, not only for her own works and inventions but also for rewriting the commentaries that she did. With out those, much information would have been lost. Charles Kingsley wrote a book based on Hypatia's life entitled: "Hypatia: or new foes in new faces" in 1853.

Hypatia of Alexandria, Egypt, daughter of the mathematician and philosopher Theon of Alexandria, was a mathematician, astronomer, teacher, and head of the Platonist school at Alexandria at about AD 400. She was murdered in 415, as a result of the false rumors that were spread about her during a religious/political struggle that began in the early 390s and that reached its height during 414-415.