Eratosthenes

Eratosthenes (276-194 B.C.), surnamed the Philologist, was a philosopher of Alexandria, born at Cyrene, 276 BC. Having become blind and tired of life, he starved himself to death at the age of 80. He ranks high among ancient astronomers and known for measuring the obliquity of the ecliptic, and estimated the size of the earth.

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