Eratosthenes of Cyrene
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- Series: Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Education, Literature, Publishing, Science, Technology, Inventions
- Subcategories: Mathematics, Mathematicians, Inventors, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: African History, Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
Article abstract: Greek scholar and inventor{$I[g]Greece;Eratosthenes of Cyrene}{$I[g]Alexandria;Eratosthenes of Cyrene} Through his energetic directorship, Eratosthenes helped make the Library of Alexandria the greatest repository of learning in the Mediterranean world, and his varied contributions made him the most versatile scholar and scientist of the third century b.c.e.
Early Life
Eratosthenes (ehr-ah-TAWS-theh-neez) was born in the Greek North African city of Cyrene about 285 b.c.e. The only surviving ancient biographical reference places his...
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