Archimedes
c. 287–212 BCE
Greek mathematician and inventor from Syracuse.
Archimedes (c. 287–212 BCE) was a mathematician, born and died in Syracuse.
- Known as
- Mathematician
- Category
- Scientists & Inventors
- Born
- c. 287 BCE, Syracuse
- Died
- 212 BCE, Syracuse
Alive at the same time as Archimedes
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Portrait: Domenico Fetti, Public domain.