Hypatia of Alexandria is estimated to be born in 370 CE in Alexandria, Egypt. She was the daughter of a mathematician and professor at the University of Alexandria. Her father, Theon, taught her math, astronomy and philosophy. He raised her as if she were a son, teaching her the ways of his trade. She never married and devoted her life to studying.
Her studies included mechanics, which lead to trial and error of inventions. Her inventions included something comparable to a water distiller, a device that measured water levels as well as a graduated hydrometer to measure the relative density of liquids.
We do not see these inventions around today, but she is seen and viewed as one of the smartest women of her time and is held in high regard within the scientific community.
Hypatia is known as one of the first female philosophers and was one of the last recorded mathematicians of the Alexandrian tradition.
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