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Hypsicles

190 BC - 120 BC

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Hypsicles (Ancient Greek: Ὑψικλῆς; c. 190 – c. 120 BCE) was an ancient Greek mathematician and astronomer known for authoring On Ascensions (Ἀναφορικός) and possibly the Book XIV of Euclid's Elements. Hypsicles lived in Alexandria. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hypsicles is the 516th most popular mathematician (down from 377th in 2019), the 391st most popular biography from Egypt (down from 347th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Egyptian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Hypsicles ranks 516 out of 1,004. Before him are Georgy Voronoy, Theodor Kaluza, Ion Ghica, Richard Hamming, Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, and Hilda Geiringer. After him are Pierre François Verhulst, Hendrik C. van de Hulst, Viktor Sadovnichiy, Endre Szemerédi, Ernest William Brown, and Guðbrandur Þorláksson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 190 BC, Hypsicles ranks 10. Before him are Seleucus of Seleucia, Menander I, Alexander II Zabinas, Servius Sulpicius Galba, Phraates I, and Orodes I of Parthia.  Among people deceased in 120 BC, Hypsicles ranks 3. Before him are Hipparchus, and Mithridates V of Pontus. After him is Lucius Coelius Antipater.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Hypsicles ranks 391 out of 642. Before him are Cleomenes of Naucratis (-400), Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu (1943), Moshé Mizrahi (1931), Rashad Khalifa (1935), Al-Salih Hajji (1372), and Stéphanos II Ghattas (1920). After him are Sayed Darwish (1892), Al-Zafir (1133), Kamal Ganzouri (1933), Domitius Domitianus (300), Henuttaneb (-1350), and Antiphilus (-400).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Egypt

Among mathematicians born in Egypt, Hypsicles ranks 12. Before him are Ctesibius (-284), Theon of Alexandria (335), Menelaus of Alexandria (70), Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam (850), Ahmes (-1680), and Ibn Yunus (950).

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