PHILOSOPHER

Elena Cornaro Piscopia

1646 - 1684

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Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia (US: , Italian: [ˈɛːlena luˈkrɛttsja korˈnaːro piˈskɔːpja]; 5 June 1646 – 26 July 1684) or Elena Lucrezia Corner (Venetian: [koɾˈnɛɾ], Italian: [korˈnɛr]), also known in English as Helen Cornaro, was a Venetian philosopher of noble descent who in 1678 became one of the first women to receive an academic degree from a university and the first to receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elena Cornaro Piscopia has received more than 799,313 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the 335th most popular philosopher (down from 332nd in 2019), the 919th most popular biography from Italy (down from 918th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Italian Philosopher.

Elena Cornaro Piscopia was an Italian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher. She was the first woman to receive a doctorate from a university, and she was the first woman to teach at a university.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Elena Cornaro Piscopia ranks 335 out of 1,267. Before her are Hermann Cohen, Edgar Morin, Wang Yangming, Justus Lipsius, Asanga, and Thrasymachus. After her are A. S. Neill, Lev Shestov, Anne Sullivan, David Strauss, Guan Zhong, and Aenesidemus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1646, Elena Cornaro Piscopia ranks 5. Before her are Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Christian V of Denmark, Ismail Ibn Sharif, and Jules Hardouin-Mansart. After her are Antoine Galland, John Flamsteed, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Godfrey Kneller, Maria Francisca of Savoy, Hortense Mancini, and Alexandre Exquemelin. Among people deceased in 1684, Elena Cornaro Piscopia ranks 3. Before her are Pierre Corneille, and Pieter de Hooch. After her are Nicola Amati, Edme Mariotte, Jan Davidsz. de Heem, Anne Gonzaga, Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein, Josefa de Óbidos, Antoine Gombaud, Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony, and Caspar Netscher.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Elena Cornaro Piscopia ranks 919 out of 5,161. Before her are Theognis of Megara (-570), Robert I, Duke of Parma (1848), Dionysius II of Syracuse (-397), William I of Sicily (1126), Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548), and Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (-300). After her are Silas (1), Sejanus (-20), Sebastiano Serlio (1475), Poggio Bracciolini (1380), Epicharmus of Kos (-524), and Antonio Tabucchi (1943).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Elena Cornaro Piscopia ranks 28. Before her are Theano (-600), Alcmaeon of Croton (-510), Antonio Negri (1933), Giovanni Gentile (1875), Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484), and Aristoxenus (-360). After her are Gaius Musonius Rufus (25), Pietro Pomponazzi (1462), Brunetto Latini (1220), Bartolus de Saxoferrato (1313), Giles of Rome (1243), and Thomas Cajetan (1469).

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