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Aristarchus, of Samos

LC control no.n 82068128
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Personal name headingAristarchus, of Samos
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Variant(s)Aristarchos, 310 B.C.-approximately 230 B.C.
Aristarchus of Samos
Aristarchus, Samius
Aristarque, de Samos
'Αρίσταρχος, 310 B.C.-approximately 230 B.C.
Aristarchus, the Mathematician, 310 B.C.-approximately 230 B.C.
Associated countryGreece
LocatedSamos (Greece)
Birth date-0310
Death date-0230~
Field of activityMathematics Astronomy
Profession or occupationMathematicians Astronomers
Special noteDo not confuse with Aristarchus of Samothrace (Homeric scholar and grammarian) [n 84220855]
Non-Latin reference not evaluated
Found inHistoire d'Aristarque de Samos ... 1810.
Ency. Brit., 77 (Aristarchus of Samos; fl. c. 270 BC; 1st to maintain that the earth rotates and revolves around the sun)
Oxford Classical dict., 70 (Aristarchus of Samos)
Heath, T.L. Aristarchus of Samos, the ancient Copernicus, 1981: t.p. (Aristarchus of Samos)
Wikipedia, Sept. 14, 2010 (Aristarchus of Samos; Aristarchus; 'Αρίσταρχος = Aristarchos, 310 BC-ca. 230 BC; a Greek astronomer and mathematician)
Decoding Aristarchus, 2022: CIP galley (His name is made of two Greek words (namely, αρίστος and αρχος) meaning 'best' and 'leader'; Today, more than a dozen historical figures bearing it are still remembered who once came from the most varied corners of the Hellenistic World; The one in this book, named after his birthplace, Samos, is also known by the epithet 'The Mathematician', aword which originally meant something like 'learned', 'erudite', 'polymath', or 'all-rounder')
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