🌙 Who was Hypatia? • Hypatia was born around 360 AD in Alexandria, Egypt. • She was the daughter of Theon of Alexandria, a well-known mathematician and astronomer. He taught her science and philosophy and she later became even more famous than him. • Hypatia became a mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher. She led the Neoplatonic school in Alexandria, teaching students from many parts of the world. • She lived an independent life, never married, and was highly respected something very rare