Euclid was born in 333 BC[1]. He died in 285 BC[2] in Alexandria[3]. He worked as a mathematician[4] and writer[5]. He ranks in the top 0.59% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,231 views/month, #5,921 of 1,000,298).[6]
Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[22], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Riemann's Music Dictionary[25], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26], 1870 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology[27], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[28], BEIC Digital Library[29], Dictionary of African Biography[30], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[31], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[32], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[33]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Euclid include Euclidean distance[34], Euclidean geometry[35], Euclidean algorithm[36], Euclidean space[37], non-Euclidean geometry[38], Euclidean division[39], his theorem[40], and parallel postulate[41].
Why It Matters
Euclid has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] He is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]
He has been cited as an influence by Bertrand Russell[44], a mathematician[45], 1872–1970[46], of United Kingdom[47], awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature[48], specialised in set theory[49]; Giuseppe Peano[50], a mathematician[51], 1858–1932[52], of Kingdom of Italy[53], awarded the Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy[54], specialised in interlinguistics[55]; and Christopher Clavius[56], a mathematician[57], 1538–1612[58], of Germany[59], specialised in mathematics[60].
He is credited with the discovery of mathematical induction[61], a proof technique[62]; his theorem[63], a theorem[64]; and his first theorem[65], a theorem[66]. Works attributed to him include Elements[67], a written work[68], founded in -0300[69]; Euclid's Optics[70], a written work[71]; Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 29[72]; and Data[73]. Entities named for him include Euclidean distance[34], Euclidean geometry[35], Euclidean algorithm[36], Euclidean space[37], non-Euclidean geometry[38], and Euclidean division[39].
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