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Euclid

Ancient Greek mathematician (fl. 300 BC)

For the philosopher, see Euclid of Megara. For other uses, see Euclid (disambiguation).

Euclid (; Ancient Greek: Εὐκλείδης; fl. 300 BC) was an ancient Greekmathematician active as a geometer and logician. Considered the "father of geometry", he is chiefly known for the Elements treatise, which established the foundations of geometry that largely dominated the field until the early 19th century. His system, now referred to as Euclidean geometry, involved innovations in combination with a synthesis of theories from earlier Greek mathematicians, including Eudoxus of Cnidus, Hippocrates of Chios, Thales and Theaetetus. With Archimedes and Apollonius of Perga, Euclid is generally considered among the greatest mathematicians of antiquity, and one of the most influential in the history of mathematics.

Very little is known of Euclid's life, and most information comes from the scholars Proclus and Pappus of Alexandria many centuries later. Medieval Islamic mathematicians invented a fanciful biography, and medieval Byzantine a

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Euclid of Alexandria

Euclid of Alexandria is the most prominent mathematician of antiquity best known for his treatise on mathematics The Elements. The long lasting nature of The Elements must make Euclid the leading mathematics teacher of all time. However little is known of Euclid's life except that he taught at Alexandria in Egypt. Proclus, the last major Greek philosopher, who lived around 450 AD wrote (see [1] or [9] or many other sources):-

Not much younger than these [pupils of Plato] is Euclid, who put together the "Elements", arranging in order many of Eudoxus's theorems, perfecting many of Theaetetus's, and also bringing to irrefutable demonstration the things which had been only loosely proved by his predecessors. This man lived in the time of the first Ptolemy; for Archimedes, who followed closely upon the first Ptolemy makes mention of Euclid, and further they say that Ptolemy once asked him if there were a shorted way to study geometry than the Elements, to which he replied that there was no royal road to geometry. He is therefore younger than Plato's circle,
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Elements of Euclid: The Father of Geometry
Euclid was a Greek mathematician who was also called Euclid of Alexandria, the founder of geometry and the father of geometry. Euclid’s Elements, a collection of geometrical theorems, is his most significant work which has become part of the history of mathematics. Euclid’s geometry has always been part of mathematics textbooks ever since he published it. Euclid concluded the theorems of what is now called Euclidean geometry in Euclid’s Elements from a small set of axioms. Euclid’s contributions include works on number theory, perspective, mathematical rigour, conic sections, number theory and spherical geometry.
Euclid’s Biography
Not much is known about the life of Euclid, as not much information about his existence has survived through history. Very little is known about the place and situation of his birth and death.
It is believed that Euclid was born around mid 4th century BC in a town called Tyre which is a city presently in Lebanon. It is assumed that Euclid arrived at Alexandria, Egypt, about ten years after the