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Geminus

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Geminus of Rhodes (Greek: Γεμῖνος ὁ Ῥόδιος), was a Greek astronomer and mathematician, who flourished in the 1st century BC. An astronomy work of his, the Introduction to the Phenomena, still survives; it was intended as an introductory astronomy book for students. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geminus has received more than 109,678 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Geminus is the 501st most popular mathematician (down from 457th in 2019), the 569th most popular biography from Greece (down from 536th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Greek Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Geminus ranks 501 out of 1,004. Before him are Pierre François Verhulst, Theon of Smyrna, John Playfair, Mitchell Feigenbaum, Johann Benedict Listing, and John Hadley. After him are Anders Johan Lexell, Jean Frédéric Frenet, Gerd Faltings, Louis Bachelier, Charles Julien Brianchon, and Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Geminus ranks 569 out of 1,024. Before him are Andronikos Palaiologos (1400), Adamantios Androutsopoulos (1919), Spyros Markezinis (1909), Theodoros Zagorakis (1971), Areus II (-262), and Archelaus of Sparta (-790). After him are Eugenios Voulgaris (1716), Nikos Beloyannis (1915), Faustus Cornelius Sulla (-88), Wehib Pasha (1877), Yanis Varoufakis (1961), and Petrobey Mavromichalis (1765).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Greece

Among mathematicians born in Greece, Geminus ranks 8. Before him are Meton of Athens (-500), Conon of Samos (-280), Theaetetus (-417), Aristyllus (-400), Diocles (-240), and Dinostratus (-390). After him are Cahit Arf (1910), Francesco Barozzi (1537), and Demetrios Christodoulou (1951).

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