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Eratosthenes

LC control no.n 82081073
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPA3970.E4 PA3970.E5
Personal name headingEratosthenes
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Variant(s)Ėratosfen
Eratostene
Eratosthène, approximately 276 B.C.-194 B.C.
Associated placeCyrene (Extinct city)
Alexandria (Egypt)
Birth date-0275~
Death date-0193
Profession or occupationLibrary administrators Geographers Astronomers Mathematicians
Found inDragoni, G. Eratostene e l'apogeo della scienza greca, c1979: t.p. (Eratostene)
Oxford classical dict., 1950: p. 336 (Eratosthenes of Cyrene; ca. 275-194 BC; head of Alexandrian Library; called himself Philologus)
Encyc. brit., 1972: v. 8, p. 670 (Eratosthenes; ca. 276-194 BC; writer on math, geography, astronomy)
Encyc. Amer., 1975: v. 10, p. 542 (Eratosthenes; ca. 276-195 BC)
Collier's encyc., 1973: v. 9, p. 288 (Eratosthenes; ca. 275-194 BC)
Le ciel, c1998: t.p. (Eratosthène)
Associated languagegrc