List of Female Scientists Before The 21st Century - Middle Ages

Middle Ages

  • Abella (14th century), Italian physician
  • Bettina d'Andrea (d. 1335), Italian lawyer and philosopher
  • Novella d'Andrea (d. 1333), Italian lawyer
  • Hildegard von Bingen (1099–1179), German natural philosopher
  • Dorotea Bocchi (fl. 1390), Italian professor of medicine
  • Constance Calenda (15th century), Italian surgeon specialising in diseases of the eye
  • Constanza, Italian physician
  • Calrice di Durisio (15th century), Italian physician
  • Jacobina Félicie (fl. 1322), Italian physician
  • Alessandra Giliani (fl. 1318), Italian anatomist
  • Rebecca de Guarna (14th century), Italian physician
  • Heloise (12th century), French mathematician and physician
  • Herrad of Landsberg (c.1130–1195), German/French author of the encyclopedia and technological compendium Garden of Delight
  • Maria Incarnata, Italian surgeon
  • Lilavati (c. 12th century), daughter featured in Bhāskara II's treatise on mathematics, who solves mathematical exercises
  • Margarita (14th century), Italian physician
  • Thomasia de Mattio, Italian physician
  • Mercuriade (14th century), Italian physician and surgeon
  • Empress Theodora (500–545), Byzantine philosopher and mathematician
  • Trotula of Salerno (c. 1090), Italian physician
  • Walborg and Karin Jota (c. 1350), Swedish officials of the court

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