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Hippocrates of Chios

470 BC - 410 BC

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Hippocrates of Chios (Ancient Greek: Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Χῖος; c. 470 – c. 421 BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician, geometer, and astronomer. He was born on the isle of Chios, where he was originally a merchant. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hippocrates of Chios is the 126th most popular mathematician (down from 115th in 2019), the 175th most popular biography from Greece (down from 170th in 2019) and the most popular Greek Mathematician.

Hippocrates of Chios is most famous for his work on the quadrature of lunes. He was able to find the area of a lune with a circle by using the area of the lune and the area of the circle. He also found the area of a triangle with a circle by using the area of the triangle and the area of the circle.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Hippocrates of Chios ranks 126 out of 1,004. Before him are Madhava of Sangamagrama, Isaac Barrow, G. H. Hardy, Nicomachus, Brook Taylor, and Jean-Victor Poncelet. After him are Paul Ehrenfest, Jacques Hadamard, Lodovico Ferrari, Maurice René Fréchet, Charles Hermite, and Émile Borel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 470 BC, Hippocrates of Chios ranks 7. Before him are Socrates, Aspasia, Mozi, Philolaus, Melissus of Samos, and Callicrates. After him are Achilles Painter, and Teres I. Among people deceased in 410 BC, Hippocrates of Chios ranks 1. After him are Kresilas, Seuthes I, and Mindarus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Hippocrates of Chios ranks 175 out of 1,024. Before him are Speusippus (-407), Caranus of Macedon (-900), Aeschines (-389), Craterus (-370), Longus (110), and Tyrtaeus (-700). After him are Porphyry of Gaza (347), Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1870), Chilon of Sparta (-600), Antigonus II Gonatas (-319), Odysseas Elytis (1911), and Leotychidas (-540).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Greece

Among mathematicians born in Greece, Hippocrates of Chios ranks 1. After him are Meton of Athens (-500), Conon of Samos (-280), Theaetetus (-417), Aristyllus (-400), Diocles (-240), Geminus (null), Francesco Barozzi (1537), Dinostratus (-390), Cahit Arf (1910), and Demetrios Christodoulou (1951).

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