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Menelaus of Alexandria

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Menelaus of Alexandria (; ‹See Tfd›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 105,336 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Menelaus of Alexandria is the 157th most popular mathematician (down from 128th in 2019), the 183rd most popular biography from Egypt (down from 158th 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 157 out of 1,004. Before him are Joseph Liouville, Scipione del Ferro, Robert Grosseteste, Michel Rolle, Vladimir Arnold, and Arthur Cayley. After him are Robert Aumann, Giambattista della Porta, Simplicius of Cilicia, Wacław Sierpiński, Alonzo Church, and André Weil.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 70, Menelaus of Alexandria ranks 3. Before 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 2. Before him is Faustina the Elder. After him are Basilides, Mithridates V of Parthia, and John Mark.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Menelaus of Alexandria ranks 183 out of 642. Before him are Apepi (-1600), Shepseskare (-2450), Claude François (1939), Saadia Gaon (882), Cleopatra Thea (-164), and Al-Ashraf Khalil (1260). After him are Basilides (117), Psusennes II (-1100), Al-Tahawi (853), Intef III (-2050), Abdel Halim Hafez (1929), and Tewfik Pasha (1852).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Egypt

Among mathematicians born in Egypt, Menelaus of Alexandria ranks 8. Before him are Hypatia (350), Hero of Alexandria (10), Diophantus (201), Pappus of Alexandria (290), Ctesibius (-284), and Theon of Alexandria (335). After him are Ibn Yunus (950), Ahmes (-1680), Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam (850), and Hypsicles (-190).

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