Hypatia

By Dev and stan

 About Hypatia

Hypatia was a philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician. Who lived in Alexandria,

Egypt. She was the first female mathematician whose life was reasonably well recorded.
Hypatia was born between 350-370 AD and died in march 410 AD at an age between 45 -
65
 • Hypatia was quite fortunate as she
was raised by her father who was the
Theon of Alexandria and was a
teacher of mathematics. He was
also her tutor. Most scholars at her
time would switch from paganism
A bit about to Christianity in order to avoid
religious hostility. However, Hypatia
Hypatia’s life refused to covert and continued her
practice of paganism as her
religion. which made her a target
for violence.
 • Hypatia of Alexandria (370-415)
was the only famous woman
scholar in ancient Egypt. She
became a teacher and wrote many
What has books on mathematics along with
criticisms of philosophical and
Hypatia done for mathematical concepts. Although
all of her work has been lost or
math destroyed, history regards Hypatia
of Alexandria as the only famous
female scholar of ancient times.
 • She was trained as a mathematician by her father
and eventually replaced him as the leading
mathematician of Alexandria and, indeed as the pre-
eminent mathematician of her time.
• She was the last major mathematician of the
Alexandrian tradition.

Facts about • She studied and taught neo-Platonist philosophy,

and astronomy, and was generally regarded as an
excellent teacher.
Hypatia • She died a particularly grisly death, probably in
415 CE, at the hands of a Christian mob. Some say
her slaughter was instigated by Saint Cyril,
Archbishop of Alexandria.
•
 • Hypatia became a brilliant public
speaker and scholar, and she
followed her father on the
library's faculty. There she wrote
on mathematics and astronomy.
What Hypatia is She did work on algebraic
equations and conic sections.
known for She invented the astrolabe for
ship navigation and devices for
measuring the density of fluids.