Hypathia of [[Alexandria]] (AD c.350/370-415) was a female scientist, mathematician and philosopher of late [[Roman]] [[Egypt]]. She taught Platonic and Aristotelean philosophy, charted the movements of the planets, and is believed to have been the inventor of the [[hydrometer]]. In 415 she was murdered by a Christian mob. | Hypathia of [[Alexandria]] (AD c.350/370-415) was a female scientist, mathematician and philosopher of late [[Roman]] [[Egypt]]. She taught Platonic and Aristotelean philosophy, charted the movements of the planets, and is believed to have been the inventor of the [[hydrometer]]. In 415 she was murdered by a Christian mob. |