Euclid

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ancient Greek mathematician author geometer human

Euclid was an ancient Greek mathematician, often called the "father of geometry," whose work, especially the Elements, laid the foundations of classical geometry.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Euclid canonical	16
Euclid (late Classical / early Hellenistic)	1
Euclid of Alexandria	1
Εὐκλείδης	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek mathematician ⓘ author ⓘ geometer ⓘ human ⓘ
associatedWith	Ptolemy I Soter ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
deathPlace	Alexandria ⓘ
describedAs	father of geometry ⓘ
educatedAt	Academy of Athens ⓘ surface form: Plato's Academy
employer	Library of Alexandria ⓘ
era	Hellenistic period ⓘ
fieldOfWork	geometry ⓘ mathematics ⓘ
floruit	3rd century BC ⓘ c. 300 BC ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	mathematical textbook ⓘ
hasPart	Euclid's Elements ⓘ surface form: Book I of the Elements Book V of the Elements ⓘ Book X of the Elements ⓘ Book XIII of Euclid's Elements ⓘ surface form: Book XIII of the Elements
influenced	Apollonius of Perga ⓘ Archimedes ⓘ Bertrand Russell ⓘ David Hilbert ⓘ Isaac Newton ⓘ modern mathematics ⓘ
knownFor	Euclidean geometry ⓘ axiomatic method in mathematics ⓘ foundational work in geometry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
legacy	basis of classical geometry ⓘ standard geometry curriculum for centuries ⓘ
methodology	axiomatic-deductive method ⓘ
movement	Hellenistic mathematics ⓘ
name	Euclid self-link ⓘ
nativeName	Euclid self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Εὐκλείδης
notableWork	Catoptrics ⓘ Data ⓘ Elements ⓘ On Divisions of Figures ⓘ Optics ⓘ Phaenomena ⓘ
occupation	mathematician ⓘ teacher ⓘ
placeOfActivity	Alexandria ⓘ Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
subjectOf	Euclidean geometry ⓘ
workLocation	Alexandria ⓘ

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Archimedes → influencedBy → Euclid ⓘ

Platonic solids → studiedBy → Euclid ⓘ

Hellenistic period → notableFigure → Euclid ⓘ

Classical Greece → hasNotableScientist → Euclid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euclid (late Classical / early Hellenistic)

The School of Athens → depicts → Euclid ⓘ

Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) → influencedBy → Euclid ⓘ

subject surface form: Ibn al-Haytham

Euclid → name → Euclid self-link ⓘ

Euclid → nativeName → Euclid self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Εὐκλείδης

Euclides adauctus et methodicus → influencedBy → Euclid ⓘ

Eudoxus of Cnidus → influenced → Euclid ⓘ

Western mathematics → hasKeyFigure → Euclid ⓘ

Euclid's Elements → author → Euclid ⓘ

Book XIII of Euclid's Elements → author → Euclid ⓘ

Nikolai Lobachevsky → influencedBy → Euclid ⓘ

Thabit ibn Qurra → influencedBy → Euclid ⓘ

The Foundations of Geometry → influencedBy → Euclid ⓘ

Thomas Heath → studied → Euclid ⓘ

Euclid spacecraft → namedAfter → Euclid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euclid of Alexandria