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Autolycus of Pitane

360 BC - 290 BC

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Autolycus of Pitane (Greek: Αὐτόλυκος ὁ Πιταναῖος; c. 360 – c. 290 BC) was a Greek astronomer, mathematician, and geographer. He is known today for his two surviving works On the Moving Sphere and On Risings and Settings, both about spherical geometry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Autolycus of Pitane is the 214th most popular mathematician, the 466th most popular biography from Türkiye and the 8th most popular Turkish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Autolycus of Pitane ranks 214 out of 1,004. Before him are Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, Victor D'Hondt, Constantin Carathéodory, Hermann Schwarz, Étienne-Louis Malus, and Antoine Augustin Cournot. After him are Willem de Sitter, Kazimierz Kuratowski, Callippus, Michel Chasles, Xu Guangqi, and Henri Cartan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 360 BC, Autolycus of Pitane ranks 4. Before him are Callisthenes, Aristoxenus, and Arses of Persia. After him are Onesicritus, and Dionysius of Heraclea. Among people deceased in 290 BC, Autolycus of Pitane ranks 2. Before him is Megasthenes. After him are Dicaearchus, Onesicritus, and Neoptolemus II of Epirus.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Autolycus of Pitane ranks 466 out of 1,347. Before him are Yeghishe Charents (1897), George Kedrenos (1100), Ivaylo of Bulgaria (1281), Cüneyt Arkın (1937), Themistius (317), and Missak Manouchian (1906). After him are John Tzetzes (1110), Irene Doukaina (1066), Aelius Aristides (117), Callippus (-370), Melito of Sardis (140), and Nicholas Mystikos (852).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Türkiye

Among mathematicians born in Türkiye, Autolycus of Pitane ranks 8. Before him are Eudoxus of Cnidus (-408), Al-Battani (858), Thābit ibn Qurra (836), Anthemius of Tralles (474), Simplicius of Cilicia (490), and Menaechmus (-375). After him are Callippus (-370), Theon of Smyrna (70), Theodosius of Bithynia (-160), and Suzan Kahramaner (1913).

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