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Mary or Maria the Jewess (Latin: Maria Hebraea), also known as Mary the Prophetess (Latin: Maria Prophetissima), is an early alchemist who is known from the works of the Gnostic Christian writer Zosimos of Panopolis. On the basis of Zosimos's comments, she lived between the first and third centuries A.D. in Alexandria. French, Taylor and Lippmann list her as one of the first alchemical writers, dating her works at no later than the first century.She is credited with the invention of several kinds of chemical apparatus and is considered to be the first true alchemist of the Western world.Through Zosimos many of the beliefs of Mary the Jewess can be observed. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary the Jewess has received more than 289,927 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Mary the Jewess is the 88th most popular inventor (up from 134th in 2019), the 152nd most popular biography from Egypt and the most popular Egyptian Inventor.
Mary the Jewess is most famous for being the first person to describe the process of distillation.
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Among inventors, Mary the Jewess ranks 88 out of 355. Before her are Étienne-Jules Marey, Percy Spencer, Bi Sheng, Momofuku Ando, Johann Maria Farina, and Charles K. Kao. After her are William Webb Ellis, Leo Fender, Jacque Fresco, Léon Theremin, Robert Noyce, and James Hargreaves.
1830 - 1904
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 82
1894 - 1970
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 83
990 - 1052
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 84
1910 - 2007
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 85
1685 - 1766
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 86
1933 - 2018
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 87
100 - 100
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 88
1806 - 1872
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 89
1909 - 1991
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 90
1916 - 2017
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 91
1896 - 1993
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 92
1927 - 1990
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 93
1720 - 1778
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 94
Among people born in 100, Mary the Jewess ranks 17. Before her are Pope Victor I, Justin Martyr, Thecla, Cornelius the Centurion, Lydia of Thyatira, and Philemon. After her are Philip the Evangelist, Agabus, Domitia Longina, Ananias of Damascus, Antipas of Pergamum, and Agrippa the Skeptic. Among people deceased in 100, Mary the Jewess ranks 33. Before her are Herod Agrippa II, Papias of Hierapolis, Cornelius the Centurion, Silas, Lydia of Thyatira, and Mary of Bethany. After her are Judas of Galilee, Locusta, Philip the Evangelist, Valerius Maximus, Agabus, and Ananias of Damascus.
100 - 199
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 11
100 - 165
HPI: 74.48
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100 - 100
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100 - 100
HPI: 71.77
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100 - 100
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100 - 100
HPI: 70.89
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100 - 100
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100 - 126
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100 - 100
HPI: 69.73
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100 - 92
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100 - 100
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28 - 100
HPI: 71.92
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70 - 100
HPI: 71.83
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100 - 100
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1 - 100
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100 - 100
HPI: 71.72
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100 - 100
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100 BC - 100
HPI: 70.68
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1 - 100
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100 - 100
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100 BC - 100
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100 - 100
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100 - 100
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Among people born in Egypt, Mary the Jewess ranks 152 out of 520. Before her are Psusennes I (-1100), Faten Hamama (1931), Necho I (-700), Apries (-650), Arsinoe III of Egypt (-246), and Intef II (-2150). After her are Al-Kamil (1177), Berenice III of Egypt (-120), Hemiunu (-2500), Nectanebo II (-400), Al-Mansur Qalawun (1222), and Ptolemy VIII Physcon (-182).
1100 BC - 1001 BC
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 146
1931 - 2015
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 147
700 BC - 664 BC
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 148
650 BC - 567 BC
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 149
246 BC - 204 BC
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 150
2150 BC - 2073 BC
HPI: 70.90
Rank: 151
100 - 100
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 152
1177 - 1238
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 153
120 BC - 80 BC
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 154
2500 BC - 2501 BC
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 155
400 BC - 343 BC
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 156
1222 - 1290
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 157
182 BC - 116 BC
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 158
Among inventors born in Egypt, Mary the Jewess ranks 1. After her are Roland Moreno (1945).