Facts: - death place: padua - known for: one degree from a university of the first women to receive a doctoral - resting place: church of santa giustina - death date: july 26 , 1684 - influenced: laura bassi - birth date: june 5 , 1646 - name: elena cornaro piscopia - nationality: italian - image: elena piscopia portrait.jpg - birth place: palazzo loredan , at venice , republic of venice - alma mater: university of padua Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of elena cornaro piscopia .
elena lucrezia cornaro piscopia -lrb- ; 5 june 1646 -- 26 july 1684 -rrb- was a italian philosopher of noble descent , who has been the first woman to receive a doctoral degree from a university .she was one of the first women to receive an advanced academic degree , other early examples being beatriz galindo and juliana morell .among early women academic doctoral laureates in the modern era were the mathematician sophie kowalevski and the historian stefania wolicka , both around 1875 .elena was considered to be an expert musician .in addition to mastering the sciblis of her time-which means she mastered almost the entire body of knowledge-elena mastered the harpsichord , the clavichord , the harp , and the violin .her skills were shown by the music that she composed in her lifetime .she was a member of various academies and was esteemed throughout europe for her attainments and virtues .in hypatia 's heritage , margaret alic states that she became a mathematics lecturer at the university of padua in 1678 .the last seven years of her life were devoted to study and charity .she died at padua in 1684 of tuberculosis , was buried in the church of santa giustina at padua , and her statue was placed in the university .