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Isidore of Miletus

442 - 537

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Isidore of Miletus (Greek: Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Μιλήσιος; Medieval Greek pronunciation: [iˈsiðoros o miˈlisios]; Latin: Isidorus Miletus) was one of the two main Byzantine Greek mathematician, physicist and architects (Anthemius of Tralles was the other) that Emperor Justinian I commissioned to design the cathedral Hagia Sophia in Constantinople from 532 to 537. He was born c. 475 AD. The creation of an important compilation of Archimedes' works has been attributed to him. The spurious Book XV from Euclid's Elements has been partly attributed to Isidore of Miletus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isidore of Miletus is the 58th most popular architect (up from 70th in 2019), the 298th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 304th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Turkish Architect.

Isidore of Miletus is most famous for his theory that the Earth is round.

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Among architects, Isidore of Miletus ranks 58 out of 518. Before him are Louis Le Vau, Aldo Rossi, Richard Meier, Álvaro Siza Vieira, Arne Jacobsen, and Jože Plečnik. After him are Arno Breker, Domenico Fontana, Augustus Pugin, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Sostratus of Cnidus, and Capability Brown.

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Among people born in 442, Isidore of Miletus ranks 1. After him is Ghazar Parpetsi. Among people deceased in 537, Isidore of Miletus ranks 1. 

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Isidore of Miletus ranks 298 out of 1,347. Before him are Andronikos IV Palaiologos (1348), Gregory of Narek (951), Fatih Terim (1953), Julius Martov (1873), Tudḫaliya IV (-1300), and Necmettin Erbakan (1926). After him are Polyxena (null), Yaqut al-Hamawi (1179), Evagrius Ponticus (345), Ignatios of Constantinople (797), Tarasios of Constantinople (730), and Attalus III (-170).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Türkiye

Among architects born in Türkiye, Isidore of Miletus ranks 3. Before him are Mimar Sinan (1490), and Hippodamus of Miletus (-498). After him are Sostratus of Cnidus (-290), Hermogenes of Priene (-200), Kadir Topbaş (1945), Toros Toramanian (1864), and Gülsün Sağlamer (1945).

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