Eratosthenes

Athenian oligarch, member of the Thirty Tyrants
Person human Q682499
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Eratosthenes

Summary

Eratosthenes is a human[1]. He was born on -0500-01-01T00:00:00Z[2]. He died on -0500-00-00T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a politician[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month, #7,296 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Eratosthenes was born on -0500-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Eratosthenes died on -0500-00-00T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Eratosthenes held citizenship in Classical Athens[6].
  • Eratosthenes worked as a politician[4].
  • Eratosthenes was a member of Thirty Tyrants[7].
  • Eratosthenes is recorded as male[8].
  • Eratosthenes's instance of is recorded as human[9].
  • Eratosthenes's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 73723592[10].
  • Eratosthenes's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 5737553[11].
  • Eratosthenes's GND ID is recorded as 119269155[12].
  • Eratosthenes's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr93004181[13].
  • Eratosthenes's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qf2dr[14].
  • Eratosthenes's given name is recorded as Eratosthenis[15].
  • Eratosthenes's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[16].
  • Eratosthenes's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Ancient Greek[17].
  • Eratosthenes's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Ἐρατοσθένης'}[18].
  • Eratosthenes's CERL Thesaurus ID is recorded as cnp00551619[19].
  • Eratosthenes's FAST ID is recorded as 1817494[20].
  • Eratosthenes's time period is recorded as classical antiquity[21].
  • Eratosthenes's ToposText person ID is recorded as 14435[22].

Body

Origins and Family

Eratosthenes was born on -0500-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].

Career and Affiliations

Eratosthenes worked as a politician[4].

Death and Burial

Eratosthenes died on -0500-00-00T00:00:00Z[3].

Why It Matters

Eratosthenes ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month, #7,296 of 1,000,298).[5] He has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

FAQs

What did Eratosthenes do for work?

Eratosthenes worked as politician[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] . wikidata.org.
  10. [2] . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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