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Conon of Samos

280 BC - 221 BC

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Conon of Samos (Greek: Κόνων ὁ Σάμιος, Konōn ho Samios; c. 280 – c. 220 BC) was a Greek astronomer and mathematician. He is primarily remembered for naming the constellation Coma Berenices. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Conon of Samos is the 203rd most popular mathematician (down from 178th in 2019), the 264th most popular biography from Greece (down from 261st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Greek Mathematician.

Conon of Samos was a Greek mathematician and astronomer who lived in the 4th century BC. He is most famous for his discovery of the conic sections, which are curves that can be obtained by cutting a cone.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Conon of Samos ranks 203 out of 1,004. Before him are René Thom, James Gregory, Lewis Fry Richardson, Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Ernst Schröder, and Tatyana Afanasyeva. After him are Victor D'Hondt, André Weil, Ibn Sahl, Arthur Cayley, Maria Reiche, and Henry Briggs.

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Among people born in 280 BC, Conon of Samos ranks 6. Before him are Han Fei, Li Si, Livius Andronicus, Philo of Byzantium, and Arsaces I of Parthia. After him are Ariamnes of Cappadocia, Pyrrhus II of Epirus, Nicomedes, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. Among people deceased in 221 BC, Conon of Samos ranks 4. Before him are Hasdrubal Barca, Berenice II of Egypt, and Ctesibius. After him are Hasdrubal the Fair, Antigonus III Doson, Lucius Caecilius Metellus, and Sphaerus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Conon of Samos ranks 264 out of 1,024. Before him are Timon of Phlius (-320), Thrasybulus (-440), Eudemus of Rhodes (-370), Yiannis Ritsos (1909), Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (1903), and Antiochus X Eusebes (-200). After him are Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (1914), Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1926), Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (1911), Jean Moréas (1856), Pausanias of Sparta (null), and Theodore Komnenos Doukas (1180).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Greece

Among mathematicians born in Greece, Conon of Samos ranks 3. Before him are Hippocrates of Chios (-470), and Meton of Athens (-500). After him are Theaetetus (-417), Aristyllus (-400), Diocles (-240), Geminus (null), Francesco Barozzi (1537), Dinostratus (-390), Cahit Arf (1910), and Demetrios Christodoulou (1951).

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