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Question: Who were the euclid's contemporaries!?
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Virtually nothing is known of Euclid personally!. It is not even known for certain whether he was a creative mathematician himself or was simply good at compiling the work of others!.

Euclid of Alexandria Born: about 325 BC
Died: about 265 BC in Alexandria, Egypt
May have been a pupil of Plato in Athens!.


Archimedes, 287 BC - 212 BC

Ptolemy the First born 367/366, Macedonia — died 283/282 BC, Egypt

Conon of Samos 280 BC - ca!. 220 BC

Apollonius of Perga born c!. 240 BC, Perga, Anatolia — died c!. 190 BC

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