Archimedes of Syracuse | |
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Ἀρχιμήδης | |
Born | c. 287 BC |
Died | c. 212 BC (aged c. 75) |
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Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287 – c. 212 BC) was a Greek scientist. He was an inventor, an astronomer, and a mathematician. He was born in the town of Syracuse in Sicily.
His father was Phidias, an astronomer, and he may have been in the family of a king of Syracuse. Syracuse was a rich Greek city, on the seashore in Sicily. When Archimedes was about ten years old, he left Syracuse to study in Alexandria, Egypt. He was in the school of Euclid, a famous mathematician. Not much is known about the personal life of Archimedes, for example, whether he was married or if he had children.