  hypatia ( ;  hypatÃ­a) (born c. ad 350 â 370; died 415http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/biographies/hypatia.html) was a greek alexandrian neoplatonist philosopher in egypt. as head of the platonist school at alexandria, she taught philosophy and astronomy.krebs, groundbreaking scientific experiments, inventions, and discoveries; the cambridge dictionary of philosophy, 2nd edition, cambridge university press, 1999: "greek neoplatonist philosopher who lived and taught in alexandria."columbia encyclopedia, hypatia citation:alexandrian neoplatonic philosopher and mathematicianhypatia, encyclopÃ¦dia britannica: "egyptian neoplatonist philosopher who was the first notable woman in mathematics." as a neoplatonist philosopher, she belonged to the mathematic tradition of the academy of athens, as represented by eudoxus of cnidus;hypatia of alexandria â a philosophical martyr, the philosopher's zone, abc radio national (4 april 2009). she was of the intellectual school of the 3rd century thinker plotinus, which encouraged logic and mathematical study in place of empirical enquiry and strongly encouraged law in place of nature. for followers of plotinus the life of reason had as its ultimate goal mystical union with the divine.plotinus according to contemporary sources, hypatia was murdered by a christian mob after being accused of exacerbating a conflict between two prominent figures in alexandria: the governor [[ore
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