Theaetetus

male
irrational number, mathematician, Book X, regular convex polyhedra, Euclid's Elements, craters of the Moon named after them…elements
Theaetetus (ca. 417 B.C. - 369 B.C.) of Athens, son of Euphronius, of the Athenian deme Sunium, was a classical Greek mathematician. His principal...

Porphyry

male, deceased (309)
Isagogue, writer, Aristotle's "Categories", Categories, Roman-era Greek, introduction…elements, Euclid's Elements
Porphyry of Tyre (Greek: ", c. A.D. 233-c. 309) was a Neoplatonic philosopher. He is important in the history of mathematics because of his "Life...
Theon Of Alexandria

Theon Of Alexandria

male, deceased (405)
Christian, Alexandria, Astronomer, Hellenistic civilization, ancient roman, greek…elements, Euclid's Elements
Theon was a Greek scholar in Alexandria, Egypt, and the last director of the Library of Alexandria before it was burnt and destroyed by Christian...
Robert Simson

Robert Simson

male, deceased (1768)
. In 1749, was published, from North Ayrshire, treatise, West Kilbride, Sectionum conicarum libri V, Professor of Mathematics, Glasgow…Euclid's Elements
Robert Simson (October 14, 1687 - October 1, 1768) was a British mathematician and professor of mathematics. The eldest son of John Simson of...
Euclid Of Megara

Euclid Of Megara

male
ancient greek, ontology, Educator, philosopher, socratic, Translator…elements, Euclid's Elements
Euclid of Megara, a Greek Socratic philosopher who lived around 400 BC, founded the Megarian school of philosophy. Editors and translators in the...
Erhard Ratdolt

Erhard Ratdolt

male, deceased (1558)
German, Printer, augsburg, woodcut, Euclid's Elements, Historia Romana
Erhard Ratdolt was an early German printer. From Augsburg, he was active printing in Venice, where he worked from 1476 to 1486. There he produced a...
Francesco Barozzi

Francesco Barozzi

male, deceased (1604)
Astronomer, mathematician, Italian, mathematics, padua, venetian…Euclid's Elements
Francesco Barozzi (in Latin, "Franciscus Barocius") (August 9, 1537-November 23, 1604) was an Italian mathematician and astronomer.
Moritz Pasch

Moritz Pasch

male, deceased (1930)
Pasch's axiom, elements, Geometer, peano, breslau, geometry…Euclid's Elements
Moritz Pasch (8 November 1843, Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) -- 20 September 1930 Bad Homburg, Germany) was a German mathematician s...
Li Shanlan

Li Shanlan

male, deceased (1882)
mathematician, taiping rebellion, qing dynasty, shanghai, chinese, Zhejiang…Euclid's Elements, Elements of Algebra
Li Shanlan (李善蘭 courtesy name: Renshu was a Chinese mathematician of the Qing Dynasty. A native of Haining, Zhejiang, he was fascinated by mathem...
Johannes Campanus

Johannes Campanus

male, deceased (1296)
Astronomer, Astrologer, mathematician, Italian, longitude, arabia…Euclid's Elements
Johannes Campanus (1220-1296) was an Italian astrologer, astronomer, and mathematician who devised a house system for the horoscope which bears his...