276 BC - 194 BC
Eratosthenes of Cyrene (; Greek: Ἐρατοσθένης [eratostʰénɛːs]; c. 276 BC – c. 195/194 BC) was a Greek polymath: a mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist. He was a man of learning, becoming the chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eratosthenes has received more than 3,616,979 page views. His biography is available in 92 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 90 in 2019). Eratosthenes is the most popular geographer, the most popular biography from Libya and the most popular Libyan Geographer.
Eratosthenes is most famous for measuring the circumference of the Earth by comparing the shadows of two sticks in two different locations.
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Among geographers, Eratosthenes ranks 1 out of 67. After him are Strabo, Alexander von Humboldt, Gerardus Mercator, Muhammad al-Idrisi, Piri Reis, Pausanias, Carl Ritter, George Everest, Abraham Ortelius, Martin Waldseemüller, and Ferdinand von Richthofen.
276 BC - 194 BC
HPI: 84.59
Rank: 1
64 BC - 23
HPI: 81.05
Rank: 2
1769 - 1859
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 3
1512 - 1594
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 4
1100 - 1165
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 5
1470 - 1554
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 6
110 - 180
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 7
1779 - 1859
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 8
1790 - 1866
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 9
1527 - 1598
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 10
1470 - 1520
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 11
1833 - 1905
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 12
Among people born in 276 BC, Eratosthenes ranks 1. Among people deceased in 194 BC, Eratosthenes ranks 1.
Among people born in Libya, Eratosthenes ranks 1 out of 64. After him are Muammar Gaddafi (1942), Mark the Evangelist (10), Arius (256), Septimius Severus (145), Aristippus (-434), Omar Mukhtar (1858), Callimachus (-310), Idris of Libya (1889), Simon of Cyrene (-100), Pope Victor I (100), and Carneades (-214).
276 BC - 194 BC
HPI: 84.59
Rank: 1
1942 - 2011
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 2
10 - 68
HPI: 77.73
Rank: 3
256 - 336
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 4
145 - 211
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 5
434 BC - 355 BC
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 6
1858 - 1931
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 7
310 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 8
1889 - 1983
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 9
100 BC - 100
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 10
100 - 199
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 11
214 BC - 129 BC
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 12
Among geographers born in Libya, Eratosthenes ranks 1.