Hypatia

right|thumb|125px|Hypatia... torn to pieces by Christians Hypatia (c. 370– 415) was a Hellenistic Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician, who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, then part of the Eastern Roman Empire. She was a prominent thinker of the Neoplatonic school in Alexandria where she taught philosophy and astronomy. She is the first female mathematician whose life is reasonably well recorded. Quotes about Hypatia Hypatia was a University lecturer denounced by Church dignitaries and torn to pieces by Christians. Such will probably be the fate of this book: therefore it bears her name. What I have written here I believe and shall not retract or change for similar episcopal denunciations. Dora Russell, quoted in preface of "Hypatia Or Woman And Knowledge" (1925) In speech articulate and logical, in her actions prudent and public-spirited. The city gave her suitable welcome and accorded her special respect. Ignotofsky Rachel 2016 Women In Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed The World 8 Ten Speed Press 978-1-60774-976-9 https://archive.org/details/womeninscience500000igno Most people, both Christian and non-Christian, saw Hypatia’s killing as a brutal, unprovoked murder that exploded out of a toxic set of circumstances for which Hypatia bore little responsibility. Watts Edward J. 2017 Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher Oxford University Press, USA 978-0190210038 https://global.oup.com/academic/product/hypatia-9780190210038 External links Author:Hypatia Dora Russell: "Hypatia Or Woman And Knowledge" (1925) Category:4th century births Category:5th century deaths Category:Polytheists Category:Mathematicians from Greece Category:Astronomers from Greece Category:Philosophers from Greece Category:Inventors Category:Non-fiction authors Category:People from Alexandria Category:Murdered people