MATHEMATICIAN

Theodorus of Cyrene

465 BC - 398 BC

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Theodorus of Cyrene (Ancient Greek: Θεόδωρος ὁ Κυρηναῖος, romanized: Theódōros ho Kyrēnaîos; fl. c. 450 BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician. The only first-hand accounts of him that survive are in three of Plato's dialogues: the Theaetetus, the Sophist, and the Statesman. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodorus of Cyrene is the 254th most popular mathematician (down from 201st in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Libya (down from 18th in 2019) and the most popular Libyan Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Theodorus of Cyrene ranks 254 out of 1,004Before him are Henri Cartan, John Charles Fields, Anatoly Fomenko, Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Charles-Eugène Delaunay, and Paolo Ruffini. After him are Constantin Carathéodory, Richard von Mises, Ibn Yunus, Johannes de Sacrobosco, Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, and Nicolaus II Bernoulli.

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Among people born in 465 BC, Theodorus of Cyrene ranks 1 Among people deceased in 398 BC, Theodorus of Cyrene ranks 1

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In Libya

Among people born in Libya, Theodorus of Cyrene ranks 20 out of 76Before him are Carneades (-214), Synesius (370), Mustafa Abdul Jalil (1952), Hegesias of Cyrene (-400), Theodorus the Atheist (-340), and Lorenzo Bandini (1935). After him are Aguila Saleh Issa (1944), Rossana Podestà (1934), Mahmoud Jibril (1952), Claudio Gentile (1953), Arete of Cyrene (-400), and Fayez al-Sarraj (1960).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Libya

Among mathematicians born in Libya, Theodorus of Cyrene ranks 1