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Menelaus of Alexandria

70 - 140

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Menelaus of Alexandria (; Greek: Μενέλαος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς, Menelaos ho Alexandreus; c. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Menelaus of Alexandria has received more than 99,265 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Menelaus of Alexandria is the 128th most popular mathematician (up from 155th in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 171st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Egyptian Mathematician.

Menelaus of Alexandria is most famous for his work in geometry, specifically for his theorem which states that the sum of the angles of a triangle is equal to two right angles. He also developed a method for finding the area of a triangle.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Menelaus of Alexandria ranks 128 out of 823Before him are Ferdinand von Lindemann, Andrew Wiles, Marian Rejewski, Brook Taylor, Henri Lebesgue, and Herbert A. Hauptman. After him are Oliver Heaviside, Andrey Markov, Simplicius of Cilicia, Alexis Clairaut, Michel Rolle, and Liu Hui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 70, Menelaus of Alexandria ranks 3Before him are Suetonius and Pope Anicetus. After him are Papias of Hierapolis, Theon of Smyrna, and Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus. Among people deceased in 140, Menelaus of Alexandria ranks 2Before him is Faustina the Elder. After him are Basilides and Mithridates V of Parthia.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Menelaus of Alexandria ranks 159 out of 582Before him are Adly Mansour (1945), Apries (-650), Arsinoe IV of Egypt (-68), Mohamed Al-Fayed (1929), Theophylact Simocatta (580), and Pope Dionysius of Alexandria (190). After him are Djedkare Isesi (-2500), Nawal El Saadawi (1931), Abbas II of Egypt (1874), Nazli Sabri (1894), Necho I (-700), and Sosigenes of Alexandria (-80).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Egypt

Among mathematicians born in Egypt, Menelaus of Alexandria ranks 8Before him are Hypatia (350), Diophantus (201), Hero of Alexandria (10), Ctesibius (-284), Pappus of Alexandria (290), and Theon of Alexandria (335). After him are Ahmes (-1680), Ibn Yunus (950), and Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam (850).