Hypatia (born c. 350–370; died 415 AD) was a Hellenistic Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician, who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, then part of the Eastern Roman Empire. She was a prominent thinker of the Neoplatonic school in Alexandria where she taught philosophy and astronomy. Although preceded by Pandrosion, another Alexandrine female mathematician, she is the first female mathematician whose life is reasonably well recorded.
Hypatia (c. 350–370 AD; died 415 AD) was a Hellenistic Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, during the Eastern Roman Empire. She was a prominent figure in the Neoplatonic school of Alexandria, where she taught philosophy and astronomy. Although Pandrosion, another Alexandrine female mathematician, came before her, Hypatia is the first woman whose life is well-documented as a mathematician.