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- Hipparchus (Greek ; ca. 190 BC - ca. 120 BC) was a Greek astronomer, geographer, and mathematician of the Hellenistic period. Hipparchus was born...
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- Georg Hartmann (sometimes spelled Hartman; 1489, Eggolsheim near Forchheim, Bavaria - April 9 1564, Nuremberg) was a German engineer, instrument...
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- Adelard of Bath (Latin: Adelardus Bathensis) (c. 1080 - c. 1152) was a 12th century English scholar. He is known both for his original works and...
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- Al-Zarqali, was a leading Arab mathematician and the foremost astronomer of his time. He flourished in Toledo in Castile, now Spain. Arzachel...
- male, deceased (1555)
- Gemma Frisius (or Reiner Gemma, December 9, 1508 - May 25, 1555) was a mathematician, cartographer and instrument maker. He created important...
- male, deceased (1507)
- Martin Behaim, or "Behem", was a navigator and geographer of great pretensions. Behaim was born at Nuremberg, according to one tradition, about...
- female, deceased (415)
- Hypatia of Alexandria was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, the first notable woman in mathematics, and also taught in the fields of astronomy and...
- male, deceased (1744)
- John Hadley (April 16, 1682 Bloomsbury, London - February 14, 1744, East Barnet, Hertfordshire) English inventor of the sextant, around 1730. The...
- male, deceased (1930)
- Lewis Evans (1853-1930), English businessman and scientific instrument collector. Lewis Evans was the son of Sir John Evans, an archaeologist, and...
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- "'"' (1135 - 1213) was a Persian mathematician of the Islamic Golden Age (during the Middle Ages). Tusi taught various mathematical topics...
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