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Hero of Alexandria
ancient Greek mathematician and engineer
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 10
- Died
- 75
- Place of birth
- Alexandria
- Place of death
- Alexandria
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Ήρων
- Field of work
- geometry, mechanics, engineering, optics, mathematics, geodesy
- Occupation
- mathematician, physicist, mechanical automaton engineer, engineer, inventor, mechanic
- Native language
- Ancient Greek
- birth name
- Ἥρων
- described by source
- Реальный словарь классических древностей по Любкеру, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Dictionary of African Biography, BEIC Digital Library, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia, Physicists: Biographical Dictionary, Pauly–Wissowa
- different from
- Hero of Byzantium
- floruit
- 1st millennium, 62, 1st century
- languages spoken, written or signed
- Ancient Greek
- name in native language
- Ἥρων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς
- notable work
- aeolipile, Heron's formula, Heron's fountain
- time period
- Ancient Greece
- topic's main category
- Category:Hero of Alexandria
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
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