MATHEMATICIAN

Hypatia

350 - 415

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Hypatia (born c. 350–370 – March 415 AD) was a Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt: at that time a major city of the Eastern Roman Empire. In Alexandria, Hypatia was a prominent thinker who taught subjects including philosophy and astronomy, and in her lifetime was renowned as a great teacher and a wise counselor. Not the only fourth century Alexandrian female mathematician, Hypatia was preceded by Pandrosion. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hypatia is the 10th most popular mathematician, the 9th most popular biography from Egypt and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Mathematician.

Hypatia was a mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher in the 4th century. She was killed by a mob of Christians in 415 AD.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Hypatia ranks 10 out of 1,004. Before her are Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Euclid, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Leonhard Euler, Omar Khayyam, and Al-Biruni. After her are Bernhard Riemann, Bertrand Russell, Fibonacci, Pierre de Fermat, Niels Henrik Abel, and Pierre-Simon Laplace.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 350, Hypatia ranks 1. After her are Plutarch of Athens, Dalmatius, Thaïs, Ardashir II, Hermeric, Thiruvalluvar, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Octar, Vithimiris, Naemul of Silla, and Bonifacius. Among people deceased in 415, Hypatia ranks 1. After her are Athaulf, Sigeric, and Thermantia.

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    Hypatia

    MATHEMATICIAN

    350 - 415

    HPI: 83.73

    Rank: 1

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    Athaulf

    POLITICIAN

    374 - 415

    HPI: 72.42

    Rank: 2

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    Sigeric

    POLITICIAN

    370 - 415

    HPI: 66.96

    Rank: 3

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    Thermantia

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    386 - 415

    HPI: 60.57

    Rank: 4

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Hypatia ranks 9 out of 642. Before her are Tutankhamun (-1341), Euclid (-350), Nefertiti (-1400), Ptolemy (100), Yasser Arafat (1929), and Akhenaten (-1400). After her are Anthony the Great (251), Origen (185), Joshua (-1355), Catherine of Alexandria (287), Hatshepsut (-1507), and Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Egypt

Among mathematicians born in Egypt, Hypatia ranks 2. Before her are Euclid (-350). After her are Hero of Alexandria (10), Diophantus (201), Pappus of Alexandria (290), Ctesibius (-284), Theon of Alexandria (335), Menelaus of Alexandria (70), Ibn Yunus (950), Ahmes (-1680), Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam (850), and Hypsicles (-190).

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