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Euclid
(323 BCE – 285 BCE)

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(Greek: Εὐκλείδης Eukleidēs) also known as Euclid of Alexandria; Greek mathematician, often referred to as the "Father of Geometry"

Works

The Elements of Euclid

Works about Euclid

“Eucleides of Alexandria”, by Augustus de Morgan in Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1870.
“Euclid” in Encyclopædia Britannica (9th ed., 1875–1889).
"Euclid," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
"Euclid of Alexandria," in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907)
"Euclid," by John Sturgeon Mackay in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Euclid," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)

On his works

Thomas-Stanford, Charles. Early editions of Euclid's Elements, 1926

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