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Hippocrates of Chios

470 BC - 410 BC

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Hippocrates of Chios (Ancient Greek: Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Χῖος; c. 470 – c. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hippocrates of Chios has received more than 146,866 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Hippocrates of Chios is the 115th most popular mathematician (down from 102nd in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from Greece (down from 163rd in 2019) and the most popular Greek Mathematician.

Hippocrates of Chios is most famous for his work on the quadrature of lunes. He was able to find the area of a lune with a circle by using the area of the lune and the area of the circle. He also found the area of a triangle with a circle by using the area of the triangle and the area of the circle.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Hippocrates of Chios ranks 115 out of 1,004. Before him are Anthemius of Tralles, Girard Desargues, Brook Taylor, János Bolyai, John Couch Adams, and Jean-Victor Poncelet. After him are Meton of Athens, Theon of Alexandria, Leonid Kantorovich, Josef Stefan, Nicomachus, and Alexis Clairaut.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 470 BC, Hippocrates of Chios ranks 7. Before him are Socrates, Aspasia, Mozi, Philolaus, Melissus of Samos, and Callicrates. After him are Achilles Painter, and Teres I. Among people deceased in 410 BC, Hippocrates of Chios ranks 1. After him are Kresilas, Seuthes I, and Mindarus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Hippocrates of Chios ranks 170 out of 1,024. Before him are Craterus (-370), Nicias (-500), Antigonus II Gonatas (-319), Gorgo, Queen of Sparta (-506), Thaïs (-400), and Callisthenes (-360). After him are Pleistarchus (-500), Meton of Athens (-500), Periander (-700), Agathias (536), Longus (110), and Brasidas (-500).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Greece

Among mathematicians born in Greece, Hippocrates of Chios ranks 1. After him are Meton of Athens (-500), Conon of Samos (-280), Theaetetus (-417), Aristyllus (-400), Diocles (-240), Dinostratus (-390), Geminus (null), Cahit Arf (1910), Francesco Barozzi (1537), and Demetrios Christodoulou (1951).

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