Hypatia

Hypatia (ca. AD 350-370 – 415) (Ancient Greek: Ὑπατία; Hypatía) was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher in Roman Egypt who was the first historically noted woman in mathematics. As head of the Platonist school at Alexandria, she also taught philosophy and astronomy.

External links

• O’Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., “Hypatia of Alexandria”, MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews, http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Hypatia.html .