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Eudoxus of Cnidus

Greek astronomer and mathematician
Eudoxus of Cnidus was an ancient Greek astronomer, mathematician, doctor, and lawmaker. He was a student of Archytas and Plato. All of his original works are lost, though some fragments are preserved in Hipparchus' Commentaries on the Phenomena of... Wikipedia
Born: 390 BC, Knidos
Died: 340 BC (age 50 years), Knidos
Education: Platonic Academy
Descendants: Actis, Philtis, Delphis, and more
Nationality: Greek
Fields: Mathematics; Physics; Geography; Astronomy; Medicine; Philosophy