Eratosthenes of Alexandria (276-195 BC)
Eratosthenes Born: 276 BCBirthplace: Cyrene, Libya Died: 194 BC Location of death: Alexandria, Egypt Cause of death: Starvation Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Occupation: Mathematician, Scholar, Astronomer Nationality: Ancient Greece Executive summary: First to measure the Earth Greek scientific writer, born at Cyrene. He studied grammar under Callimachus at Alexandria, and philosophy under the Stoic Ariston and the Academic Arcesilaus at Athens. |
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