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Hypatia of Alexandria (Greek: Ὑπατία; born between 350 and 370 AD - 415 AD) was a Greek or Egyptian scholar, considered the first notable woman in mathematics, who also taught philosophy and astronomy . She lived in Roman Egypt, and was killed by a Christian mob who blamed her for religious turmoil. Hailed as a "valiant defender of science against religion" , some suggest that her murder marked the end of the Hellenistic Age. A Neoplatonist philosopher, she followed the school characterized by the 3rd century Plotinus, and discouraged mysticism - while encouraging logical and mathematical studies.
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