Eratosthenes

Eratosthenes

Eratosthenes
#927
Most Influential Person Across History

Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist

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Eratosthenes
Earth Sciences
#9
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Geography
#7
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earth-sciences Degrees
Eratosthenes
Physics
#230
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Astronomy
#15
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physics Degrees
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According to Wikipedia, Eratosthenes of Cyrene was a Greek polymath: a mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist. He was a man of learning, becoming the chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria. His work is comparable to what is now known as the study of geography, and he introduced some of the terminology still used today.

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