Jun 5, 2023
Elena Cornaro Piscopia was born on June 5, 1646. 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. She studied Latin and Greek under distinguished instructors, and became proficient in these languages, as well as French and Spanish, by the age of seven. She also mastered Hebrew and Arabic, earning the title of Oraculum Septilingue (”Seven-language Oracle”). Her later studies included mathematics, philosophy, theology, physics, astronomy, and linguistics.
