Eratosthenes
Greek mathematician and geographer
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Eratosthenes of Cyrene was a Greek polymath: a mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist. He was a man of learning, becoming the chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria. Wikipedia
Died: 194 BC, Alexandria, Egypt
Education: Platonic Academy
Nationality: Ancient Greek and Greek
Nickname: Pentathlos
Known for: Sieve of Eratosthenes; Founder of Geography
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