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Isidore of Miletus

442 - 537

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Isidore of Miletus (Greek: Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Μιλήσιος; Medieval Greek pronunciation: [iˈsiðoros o miˈlisios]; Latin: Isidorus Miletus) was one of the two main Byzantine Greek mathematician, physicist and architects (Anthemius of Tralles was the other) that Emperor Justinian I commissioned to design the cathedral Hagia Sophia in Constantinople from 532 to 537. He was born c. 475 AD. The creation of an important compilation of Archimedes' works has been attributed to him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isidore of Miletus has received more than 255,942 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Isidore of Miletus is the 53rd most popular architect (up from 55th in 2019), the 246th most popular biography from Turkey and the 3rd most popular Turkish Architect.

Isidore of Miletus is most famous for his theory that the Earth is round.

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  • 34

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Isidore of Miletus ranks 53 out of 424Before him are Arne Jacobsen, Richard Rogers, Richard Meier, Michelozzo, Carlo Maderno, and Kenzō Tange. After him are Álvaro Siza Vieira, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Marcel Breuer, Giacomo della Porta, Louis Le Vau, and Aldo Rossi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 442, Isidore of Miletus ranks 1After him is Ghazar Parpetsi. Among people deceased in 537, Isidore of Miletus ranks 1

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Isidore of Miletus ranks 246 out of 1,301Before him are Kenan Evren (1917), Justin II (520), Philippikos Bardanes (700), Attalus I (-269), Ali ibn al-Athir (1160), and Niketas Choniates (1155). After him are Arcesilaus (-315), Xenocrates (-396), Theophanes the Confessor (758), Novatian (220), John IV Laskaris (1250), and Gregory Thaumaturgus (213).

Among ARCHITECTS In Turkey

Among architects born in Turkey, Isidore of Miletus ranks 3Before him are Mimar Sinan (1490) and Hippodamus of Miletus (-498). After him are Sostratus of Cnidus (-290), Kadir Topbaş (1945), Toros Toramanian (1864), and Gülsün Sağlamer (1945).