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MATHEMATICIAN

Theodosius of Bithynia

160 BC - 100 BC

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Theodosius of Bithynia (Greek: Θεοδόσιος; 2nd–1st century BC) was a Hellenistic astronomer and mathematician from Bithynia who wrote the Spherics, a treatise about spherical geometry, as well as several other books on mathematics and astronomy, of which two survive, On Habitations and On Days and Nights. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodosius of Bithynia has received more than 69,593 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Theodosius of Bithynia is the 556th most popular mathematician (up from 571st in 2019), the 920th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 40th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Turkish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Theodosius of Bithynia ranks 556 out of 823Before him are Jai Singh II, Solomon Lefschetz, Ian Stewart, Johann Baptist Cysat, Michael Freedman, and Evgraf Fedorov. After him are Johann Radon, Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, Max August Zorn, Cahit Arf, Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, and Chen Jingrun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 160 BC, Theodosius of Bithynia ranks 4Before him are Jugurtha, Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus, and Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius.  Among people deceased in 100 BC, Theodosius of Bithynia ranks 35Before him are Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos Iunior, Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus, Valerius Antias, Marcus Aurelius Cotta, Ptolemy of Cyprus, and Castor of Rhodes. After him are Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius, Eudoxus of Cyzicus, Darius of Pontus, Gaius Calpurnius Piso, Lucius Aurelius Cotta, and Ariobarzanes II of Cappadocia.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Theodosius of Bithynia ranks 920 out of 1,301Before him are Theodora Komnene (1096), Cemal Süreya (1931), Hrachia Acharian (1876), Ali Rıza Pasha (1860), Dieter Zetsche (1953), and Hulusi Behçet (1889). After him are Hesychius of Miletus (505), Leo Tornikios (1100), Polyeuctus of Constantinople (null), Georgios Tsitas (1872), Hamit Kaplan (1934), and Richard von Kühlmann (1873).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Turkey

Among mathematicians born in Turkey, Theodosius of Bithynia ranks 10Before him are Anthemius of Tralles (474), Thābit ibn Qurra (836), Simplicius of Cilicia (490), Callippus (-370), Autolycus of Pitane (-360), and Theon of Smyrna (70). After him are Suzan Kahramaner (1913).