Eratosthenes
Also known as: Eratosthenes of Cyrene · Eρατοσθένης
Eratosthenes of Cyrene was an Ancient Greek polymath: a philosopher, scholar, mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist.
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notable scholar who worked in Alexandria
As a chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria, he famously calculated the circumference of the Earth using observations made in the city and Syene.