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Kidinnu

400 BC - 330 BC

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Kidinnu (also Kidunnu; possibly fl. 4th century BC; possibly died 14 August 330 BC) was a Chaldean astronomer and mathematician. Strabo of Amaseia called him Kidenas, Pliny the Elder called him Cidenas, and Vettius Valens called him Kidynas. Some cuneiform and classical Greek and Latin texts mention an astronomer with this name, but it is not clear if they all refer to the same individual: The Greek geographer Strabo of Amaseia, in Geography 16.1.6, writes: "In Babylon a settlement is set apart for the local philosophers, the Chaldeans, as they are called, who are concerned mostly with astronomy; but some of these, who are not approved of by the others, profess to be writers of horoscopes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kidinnu is the 372nd most popular astronomer (down from 276th in 2019), the 282nd most popular biography from Iraq (down from 265th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Iraqi Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Kidinnu ranks 372 out of 644. Before him are Lewis Boss, Jing Fang, Johann von Lamont, Benjamin Jekhowsky, André Patry, and Frank Watson Dyson. After him are David C. Jewitt, Shi Shen, Robert Herman, Dirk Brouwer, Alenush Terian, and Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Kidinnu ranks 108. Before him are Anniceris, Marsyas of Pella, Alexander of Lyncestis, Attalus, Publius Decius Mus, and Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter. After him are Leosthenes, Eudamidas I, Nicaea of Macedon, Arsites, Shi Shen, and Nicanor. Among people deceased in 330 BC, Kidinnu ranks 8. Before him are Praxiteles, Ephorus, Philotas, Peucestas, Archestratus, and Alexander of Lyncestis. After him are Nicanor, and Ariobarzanes of Persis.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Kidinnu ranks 282 out of 384. Before him are Ashur-resh-ishi II (-1100), Ibn Abi'l-Hadid (1190), Kurigalzu II (-1400), Jacob of Serugh (451), Abu Isa al-Warraq (null), and Enlil-kudurri-usur (-1300). After him are Shamshi-Adad IV (-1100), Ibn Butlan (1001), Tahir Yahya (1913), Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1818), Ashur-bel-kala (-1200), and Ashur-nadin-ahhe II (-1500).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Iraq

Among astronomers born in Iraq, Kidinnu ranks 3. Before him are Seleucus of Seleucia (-190), and Mashallah ibn Athari (740).

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