Euclid

aka Euclides, Eukleides, Euclid of Alexandria

Greek mathematician active in Alexandria, Egypt around 300 BC. Author of Elements, the foundational treatise on geometry that remained the standard textbook for 2000 years. Systematized geometric knowledge using axiomatic method. Very little known about his personal life; work overshadows biography.

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