Elena Cornaro Piscopia
Italian philosopher
Died when: 38 years 51 days (457 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia (US: /k??r?n??ro? p?'sko?pi?/, Italian: ['??lena lu'kr?ttsja kor'na?ro pi'sk??pja]; 5 June 1646 – 26 July 1684) or Elena Lucrezia Corner (Italian: [kor'n?r]), 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.
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