
Elena Cornaro Piscopia
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 340 years ago |
Date of birth | June 5,1646 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Ca' Loredan |
Date of died | July 26,1684 |
Died | Padua |
Italy | |
Academic advisors | Carlo Rinaldini |
Parents | Zanetta Boni |
Giovanni Battista Cornaro-Piscopia | |
Job | Philosopher |
Mathematician | |
Education | University of Padua |
Nationality | Italian |
Venetian | |
Place of burial | Basílica de Santa Justina, Padua, Italy |
Full name | Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia |
Known for | One of the first women to receive a degree from a university |
Academ advisor | Carlo Rinaldini |
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ID | 642344 |
Elena Cornaro Piscopia Life story
Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia or Elena Lucrezia Corner, also known in English as Helen Cornaro, was a Venetian philosopher of noble descent who in 1678 became one of the first women to receive an academic degree from a university, and the first to receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree.