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Hypatia

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Hy·pa·tia  (h-psh, -sh-) a.d. 370?-415.
Neo-Platonist philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer who lived and taught in Alexandria. Her prominence and adherence to pagan scholasticism led to her being murdered by a Christian mob.
Hypatia  (h-psh) 370?-415 ce.
Greek philosopher who was the first notable woman mathematician and astronomer. She invented instruments used to view the stars and wrote commentaries on mathematics and astronomy, though none of them survives.
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Noun1.Hypatia - Greek philosopher and astronomer; she invented the astrolabe (370-415)
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1995, 'Hearing the difference: Theorizing connection', Hypatia, v.
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89-93, and Kelly Oliver, "Julia Kristeva's Feminist Revolutions," Hypatia (1989): 95-114.
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