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Sosigenes of Alexandria

80 BC - 100 BC

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Sosigenes (Greek: Σωσιγένης) (fl. 1st century BC) was an Ancient Greek astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sosigenes of Alexandria has received more than 129,956 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Sosigenes of Alexandria is the 64th most popular astronomer (up from 71st in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 159th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Astronomer.

Sosigenes of Alexandria is most famous for the discovery of the precession of the equinoxes.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Sosigenes of Alexandria ranks 64 out of 531Before him are Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Martin Ryle, Jacques Cassini, Vera Rubin, Percival Lowell, and Ejnar Hertzsprung. After him are Gerard Kuiper, Riccardo Giacconi, Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, George Darwin, Albert Marth, and William Lassell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 80 BC, Sosigenes of Alexandria ranks 4Before him are Vercingetorix, Valmiki, and Aenesidemus. After him are Gnaeus Pompeius and Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus. Among people deceased in 100 BC, Sosigenes of Alexandria ranks 5Before him are Lentulus Batiatus, Gaius Claudius Glaber, Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus, and Wang Zhaojun. After him are Publilius Syrus, Timaeus of Locri, Antipater of Sidon, Tigranes III, Bocchus I, Apollonius Molon, and Lucius Appuleius Saturninus.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Sosigenes of Alexandria ranks 165 out of 582Before him are Menelaus of Alexandria (70), Djedkare Isesi (-2500), Nawal El Saadawi (1931), Abbas II of Egypt (1874), Nazli Sabri (1894), and Necho I (-700). After him are Nectanebo II (-400), Sa'id of Egypt (1822), Hetepheres I (-2700), Intef II (-2150), Apepi (-1600), and Bintanath (-1300).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Egypt

Among astronomers born in Egypt, Sosigenes of Alexandria ranks 2Before him are Ptolemy (100). After him are Timocharis (-320).