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MATHEMATICIAN

Conon of Samos

280 BC - 221 BC

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Conon of Samos (Greek: Κόνων ὁ Σάμιος, Konōn ho Samios; c. 280 – c. 220 BC) was a Greek astronomer and mathematician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Conon of Samos has received more than 74,637 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Conon of Samos is the 169th most popular mathematician (up from 192nd in 2019), the 245th most popular biography from Greece (up from 272nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Greek Mathematician.

Conon of Samos was a Greek mathematician and astronomer who lived in the 4th century BC. He is most famous for his discovery of the conic sections, which are curves that can be obtained by cutting a cone.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Conon of Samos ranks 169 out of 823Before him are Rafael Bombelli, Jost Bürgi, Jean Gaston Darboux, Wacław Sierpiński, Zu Chongzhi, and Colin Maclaurin. After him are André Weil, Wang Chong, René Thom, Pierre Bouguer, Vito Volterra, and George Pólya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 280 BC, Conon of Samos ranks 6Before him are Li Si, Han Fei, Livius Andronicus, Philo of Byzantium, and Arsaces I of Parthia. After him are Pyrrhus II of Epirus, Nicomedes, and Ariamnes of Cappadocia. Among people deceased in 221 BC, Conon of Samos ranks 5Before him are Hasdrubal Barca, Ctesibius, Berenice II of Egypt, and Hasdrubal the Fair. After him are Antigonus III Doson and Lucius Caecilius Metellus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Conon of Samos ranks 245 out of 936Before him are Caranus of Macedon (-900), Theodore Stratelates (281), Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (1914), Leochares (-400), Saturnin (300), and Julia Livilla (18). After him are Gazi Husrev-beg (1480), Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770), George Maniakes (998), Lycurgus of Athens (-390), Hypereides (-390), and Alcamenes (-500).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Greece

Among mathematicians born in Greece, Conon of Samos ranks 3Before him are Hippocrates of Chios (-470) and Meton of Athens (-500). After him are Theaetetus (-417), Menaechmus (-375), Aristyllus (-400), Diocles (-240), Dinostratus (-390), Geminus (null), Cahit Arf (1910), and Demetrios Christodoulou (1951).