Hypatia of Alexandria (jan 1, 355 – jan 1, 415)
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Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher. Daughter of Theon of Alexandria who was also a mathematician and astronomer. Hypatia wrote a commentary on Apollonius of Perga's "Conics"/geometry and Diophantus of Alexandria's "Arithmetic"/number theory. Followed the philosophy of Neoplatonism. Murdered by Christian zealots.
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