Born ~ 370 CE in Alexandria, Egypt.
Died ~ March 415 CE in Alexandria, Egypt.
Hypatia was a famous Pagan philosopher, Neoplatonist, Astronomer, and among the first influential female mathematicians. In Alexandria, Egypt, she served the Platonist school as its leader until in 415 CE, she was attacked by a Christian mob because the Christian establishment did not like the fact that she was a powerful, influential and outspoken Pagan woman. The attack resulted in a brutal death, her remains being burned and lost.
∼Hypatia (born between AD 350 and 370 - 415 C.E.) was an astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, and scientist. She was daughter of Theon the geometer and philosopher, one of the most educated men in Alexandria, Egypt. He was a professor of mathematics at the University of Alexandria. She had greater genius than her father. She had self - possession and ease of manner. She was as articulate and eloquent in speaking as she was prudent and civil in her deeds. She was very beautiful and shapely. The citizens loved her. People from other cities came to study and learn from her. Philosophers considered her a woman of great knowledge and an excellent teacher. She won fame as a mathematician. Hypatia was the first woman to have such a profound impact on the survival of early thought in mathematics. She developed the ideas of hyperbolas, parabolas, and ellipses. But the rulers hated her, especially the Patriarch Cyril. They accused her of causing religious turmoil. In 415 AD, during the season of Lent, a mob of Christian monks attacked Hypatia's chariot, on her way home. The ringleader was Peter the magistrate. They dragged her from her carriage, took her to the church called Caesareum, where they stripped her naked, mocked her body, flayed her with ostraca, and then murdered her by scraping her skin off with tiles and bits of shell. After tearing her body in pieces, they took her mangled limbs to a place called Cinaron, and there burnt them. Later, the mob dragged her through the streets, and scattered her remains throughout the whole city. Some reports say she was killed because they envied her outstanding wisdom especially regarding astronomy.
Her works include:
* A Commentary on the Arithmetica of Diophantus
* A Commentary on the Conics of Apollonious
* She edited the third book of her father's Commentary on the Almagest of Ptolemy
∼Born - 350-370 CE, Alexandria, Egypt, Roman Empire
Died - 415 CE, Alexandria, Egypt, Roman Empire
Hypatia of Alexandria was a Hellenist, Platonist, philosopher and the first female mathematician whose brilliance is renowned for comma era Western Civilization. People flocked from all over the Empire to hear her teach and learn in her school in Alexandria, Egypt. Even as Christianity started to gain a notable place in society, she refused to discriminate and had no problem teaching both Christians and Pagans together. But when the Bishop known as Cyril came to power, he began spreading hate and propaganda against the Pagans, namely Hypatia, as there was nothing more threatening to the Christian authority than a powerful woman. Cyril was nothing less than a mob boss. In 415 CE, while she was riding in her chariot, Hypatia was ambushed by a group of Christians, and brutally dragged through the streets, stoned, flayed alive, and her remains burned.
Her murder was largely uninvestigated. No one was ever arrested and tried for the killing. It has always been suspected the Cyril directly ordered the hit job, but this was never proven. However, it cannot be denied that his hate speech was a contributing factor, and Cyril himself managed to escape punishment for it through bribes, but the memory of Hypatia and all that she offered to humanity is still admired and learned from to this very day.
Died ~ March 415 CE in Alexandria, Egypt.
Hypatia was a famous Pagan philosopher, Neoplatonist, Astronomer, and among the first influential female mathematicians. In Alexandria, Egypt, she served the Platonist school as its leader until in 415 CE, she was attacked by a Christian mob because the Christian establishment did not like the fact that she was a powerful, influential and outspoken Pagan woman. The attack resulted in a brutal death, her remains being burned and lost.
∼Hypatia (born between AD 350 and 370 - 415 C.E.) was an astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, and scientist. She was daughter of Theon the geometer and philosopher, one of the most educated men in Alexandria, Egypt. He was a professor of mathematics at the University of Alexandria. She had greater genius than her father. She had self - possession and ease of manner. She was as articulate and eloquent in speaking as she was prudent and civil in her deeds. She was very beautiful and shapely. The citizens loved her. People from other cities came to study and learn from her. Philosophers considered her a woman of great knowledge and an excellent teacher. She won fame as a mathematician. Hypatia was the first woman to have such a profound impact on the survival of early thought in mathematics. She developed the ideas of hyperbolas, parabolas, and ellipses. But the rulers hated her, especially the Patriarch Cyril. They accused her of causing religious turmoil. In 415 AD, during the season of Lent, a mob of Christian monks attacked Hypatia's chariot, on her way home. The ringleader was Peter the magistrate. They dragged her from her carriage, took her to the church called Caesareum, where they stripped her naked, mocked her body, flayed her with ostraca, and then murdered her by scraping her skin off with tiles and bits of shell. After tearing her body in pieces, they took her mangled limbs to a place called Cinaron, and there burnt them. Later, the mob dragged her through the streets, and scattered her remains throughout the whole city. Some reports say she was killed because they envied her outstanding wisdom especially regarding astronomy.
Her works include:
* A Commentary on the Arithmetica of Diophantus
* A Commentary on the Conics of Apollonious
* She edited the third book of her father's Commentary on the Almagest of Ptolemy
∼Born - 350-370 CE, Alexandria, Egypt, Roman Empire
Died - 415 CE, Alexandria, Egypt, Roman Empire
Hypatia of Alexandria was a Hellenist, Platonist, philosopher and the first female mathematician whose brilliance is renowned for comma era Western Civilization. People flocked from all over the Empire to hear her teach and learn in her school in Alexandria, Egypt. Even as Christianity started to gain a notable place in society, she refused to discriminate and had no problem teaching both Christians and Pagans together. But when the Bishop known as Cyril came to power, he began spreading hate and propaganda against the Pagans, namely Hypatia, as there was nothing more threatening to the Christian authority than a powerful woman. Cyril was nothing less than a mob boss. In 415 CE, while she was riding in her chariot, Hypatia was ambushed by a group of Christians, and brutally dragged through the streets, stoned, flayed alive, and her remains burned.
Her murder was largely uninvestigated. No one was ever arrested and tried for the killing. It has always been suspected the Cyril directly ordered the hit job, but this was never proven. However, it cannot be denied that his hate speech was a contributing factor, and Cyril himself managed to escape punishment for it through bribes, but the memory of Hypatia and all that she offered to humanity is still admired and learned from to this very day.
Born ~ 370 CE in Alexandria, Egypt.
Died ~ March 415 CE in Alexandria, Egypt.
Hypatia was a famous Pagan philosopher, Neoplatonist, Astronomer, and among the first influential female mathematicians. In Alexandria, Egypt, she served the Platonist school as its leader until in 415 CE, she was attacked by a Christian mob because the Christian establishment did not like the fact that she was a powerful, influential and outspoken Pagan woman. The attack resulted in a brutal death, her remains being burned and lost.
∼Hypatia (born between AD 350 and 370 - 415 C.E.) was an astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, and scientist. She was daughter of Theon the geometer and philosopher, one of the most educated men in Alexandria, Egypt. He was a professor of mathematics at the University of Alexandria. She had greater genius than her father. She had self - possession and ease of manner. She was as articulate and eloquent in speaking as she was prudent and civil in her deeds. She was very beautiful and shapely. The citizens loved her. People from other cities came to study and learn from her. Philosophers considered her a woman of great knowledge and an excellent teacher. She won fame as a mathematician. Hypatia was the first woman to have such a profound impact on the survival of early thought in mathematics. She developed the ideas of hyperbolas, parabolas, and ellipses. But the rulers hated her, especially the Patriarch Cyril. They accused her of causing religious turmoil. In 415 AD, during the season of Lent, a mob of Christian monks attacked Hypatia's chariot, on her way home. The ringleader was Peter the magistrate. They dragged her from her carriage, took her to the church called Caesareum, where they stripped her naked, mocked her body, flayed her with ostraca, and then murdered her by scraping her skin off with tiles and bits of shell. After tearing her body in pieces, they took her mangled limbs to a place called Cinaron, and there burnt them. Later, the mob dragged her through the streets, and scattered her remains throughout the whole city. Some reports say she was killed because they envied her outstanding wisdom especially regarding astronomy.
Her works include:
* A Commentary on the Arithmetica of Diophantus
* A Commentary on the Conics of Apollonious
* She edited the third book of her father's Commentary on the Almagest of Ptolemy
∼Born - 350-370 CE, Alexandria, Egypt, Roman Empire
Died - 415 CE, Alexandria, Egypt, Roman Empire
Hypatia of Alexandria was a Hellenist, Platonist, philosopher and the first female mathematician whose brilliance is renowned for comma era Western Civilization. People flocked from all over the Empire to hear her teach and learn in her school in Alexandria, Egypt. Even as Christianity started to gain a notable place in society, she refused to discriminate and had no problem teaching both Christians and Pagans together. But when the Bishop known as Cyril came to power, he began spreading hate and propaganda against the Pagans, namely Hypatia, as there was nothing more threatening to the Christian authority than a powerful woman. Cyril was nothing less than a mob boss. In 415 CE, while she was riding in her chariot, Hypatia was ambushed by a group of Christians, and brutally dragged through the streets, stoned, flayed alive, and her remains burned.
Her murder was largely uninvestigated. No one was ever arrested and tried for the killing. It has always been suspected the Cyril directly ordered the hit job, but this was never proven. However, it cannot be denied that his hate speech was a contributing factor, and Cyril himself managed to escape punishment for it through bribes, but the memory of Hypatia and all that she offered to humanity is still admired and learned from to this very day.
Died ~ March 415 CE in Alexandria, Egypt.
Hypatia was a famous Pagan philosopher, Neoplatonist, Astronomer, and among the first influential female mathematicians. In Alexandria, Egypt, she served the Platonist school as its leader until in 415 CE, she was attacked by a Christian mob because the Christian establishment did not like the fact that she was a powerful, influential and outspoken Pagan woman. The attack resulted in a brutal death, her remains being burned and lost.
∼Hypatia (born between AD 350 and 370 - 415 C.E.) was an astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, and scientist. She was daughter of Theon the geometer and philosopher, one of the most educated men in Alexandria, Egypt. He was a professor of mathematics at the University of Alexandria. She had greater genius than her father. She had self - possession and ease of manner. She was as articulate and eloquent in speaking as she was prudent and civil in her deeds. She was very beautiful and shapely. The citizens loved her. People from other cities came to study and learn from her. Philosophers considered her a woman of great knowledge and an excellent teacher. She won fame as a mathematician. Hypatia was the first woman to have such a profound impact on the survival of early thought in mathematics. She developed the ideas of hyperbolas, parabolas, and ellipses. But the rulers hated her, especially the Patriarch Cyril. They accused her of causing religious turmoil. In 415 AD, during the season of Lent, a mob of Christian monks attacked Hypatia's chariot, on her way home. The ringleader was Peter the magistrate. They dragged her from her carriage, took her to the church called Caesareum, where they stripped her naked, mocked her body, flayed her with ostraca, and then murdered her by scraping her skin off with tiles and bits of shell. After tearing her body in pieces, they took her mangled limbs to a place called Cinaron, and there burnt them. Later, the mob dragged her through the streets, and scattered her remains throughout the whole city. Some reports say she was killed because they envied her outstanding wisdom especially regarding astronomy.
Her works include:
* A Commentary on the Arithmetica of Diophantus
* A Commentary on the Conics of Apollonious
* She edited the third book of her father's Commentary on the Almagest of Ptolemy
∼Born - 350-370 CE, Alexandria, Egypt, Roman Empire
Died - 415 CE, Alexandria, Egypt, Roman Empire
Hypatia of Alexandria was a Hellenist, Platonist, philosopher and the first female mathematician whose brilliance is renowned for comma era Western Civilization. People flocked from all over the Empire to hear her teach and learn in her school in Alexandria, Egypt. Even as Christianity started to gain a notable place in society, she refused to discriminate and had no problem teaching both Christians and Pagans together. But when the Bishop known as Cyril came to power, he began spreading hate and propaganda against the Pagans, namely Hypatia, as there was nothing more threatening to the Christian authority than a powerful woman. Cyril was nothing less than a mob boss. In 415 CE, while she was riding in her chariot, Hypatia was ambushed by a group of Christians, and brutally dragged through the streets, stoned, flayed alive, and her remains burned.
Her murder was largely uninvestigated. No one was ever arrested and tried for the killing. It has always been suspected the Cyril directly ordered the hit job, but this was never proven. However, it cannot be denied that his hate speech was a contributing factor, and Cyril himself managed to escape punishment for it through bribes, but the memory of Hypatia and all that she offered to humanity is still admired and learned from to this very day.
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