Eratosthenes
276 BCE–194 BCE* · Person
Cyrenean polymath; chief librarian at Alexandria; measured the Earth's circumference to within 1-2% using shadow at Aswan.
On these timelines: Ancient Greece, Master, People, Arts and Thoughts, Ancient Egypt
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