GEOGRAPHER
Eratosthenes
276 BC - 194 BC
Eratosthenes
Eratosthenes of Cyrene (; Ancient Greek: Ἐρατοσθένης [eratostʰénɛːs]; c. 276 BC – c. 195/194 BC) was an Ancient 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 the modern-day discipline of geography. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eratosthenes is the most popular geographer, the most popular biography from Libya and the most popular Libyan Geographer.
Eratosthenes is most famous for measuring the circumference of the Earth by comparing the shadows of two sticks in two different locations.
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Among geographers, Eratosthenes ranks 1 out of 86. After him are Strabo, Alexander von Humboldt, Gerardus Mercator, Muhammad al-Idrisi, Piri Reis, Pausanias, Abraham Ortelius, Martin Waldseemüller, Carl Ritter, David Harvey, and Ferdinand von Richthofen.
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Eratosthenes
276 BC - 194 BC
HPI: 85.80
Rank: 1
Strabo
64 BC - 23
HPI: 84.37
Rank: 2
Alexander von Humboldt
1769 - 1859
HPI: 83.38
Rank: 3
Gerardus Mercator
1512 - 1594
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 4
Muhammad al-Idrisi
1100 - 1165
HPI: 79.40
Rank: 5
Piri Reis
1470 - 1554
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 6
Pausanias
110 - 180
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 7
Abraham Ortelius
1527 - 1598
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 8
Martin Waldseemüller
1470 - 1520
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 9
Carl Ritter
1779 - 1859
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 10
David Harvey
1935 - Present
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 11
Ferdinand von Richthofen
1833 - 1905
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 12
Contemporaries
Among people born in 276 BC, Eratosthenes ranks 1. Among people deceased in 194 BC, Eratosthenes ranks 1.
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Among people born in Libya, Eratosthenes ranks 1 out of 76. After him are Muammar Gaddafi (1942), Mark the Evangelist (10), Septimius Severus (145), Arius (256), Aristippus (-434), Simon of Cyrene (-100), Callimachus (-310), Berenice II of Egypt (-267), Pope Victor I (100), Omar Mukhtar (1858), and Idris of Libya (1889).
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GEOGRAPHER
276 BC - 194 BC
HPI: 85.80
Rank: 1
Muammar Gaddafi
POLITICIAN
1942 - 2011
HPI: 85.50
Rank: 2
Mark the Evangelist
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
10 - 68
HPI: 85.33
Rank: 3
Septimius Severus
POLITICIAN
145 - 211
HPI: 82.04
Rank: 4
Arius
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
256 - 336
HPI: 81.19
Rank: 5
Aristippus
PHILOSOPHER
434 BC - 355 BC
HPI: 79.14
Rank: 6
Simon of Cyrene
POLITICIAN
100 BC - 100
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 7
Callimachus
WRITER
310 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 8
Berenice II of Egypt
COMPANION
267 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 9
Pope Victor I
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
100 - 199
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 10
Omar Mukhtar
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1858 - 1931
HPI: 74.73
Rank: 11
Idris of Libya
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1983
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 12
Among GEOGRAPHERS In Libya
Among geographers born in Libya, Eratosthenes ranks 1.
