Euclid

__**Biography of Euclid the Mathematician**__

Euclid was a Greek mathematician who was often referred to as "Father of Geometry".

Euclid's birthdate & birthplace still remain unknown, as well as the circumstances of his death. All we know is he was born sometime in 300 B.C. in **Greece.**

Euclid moved to **Alexandria, Egypt** to teach at the university and use its famous library.



"**Elements of Geometry**" has been described as the most studied book apart from the Holy Bible.



Euclid has written many other books besides //**The Elements.**//
 * //Ptolemy://** Euclid, is there a shorter way in Geometry than **//The Elements?//**
 * //Euclid://** There is no royal path to geometry.

Euclid had no last name at all.

Euclid's name in Greek was Εὐκλείδης, which meant "Good Glory" in the Greek language. An asteroid is named after Euclid.

A crater on the moon was also named after Euclid.

Euclid got really famous only centuries after he died. **Crazy**, right?

Some sources believe Euclid attended Plato's school in ancient Greece, so he therefore belonged to a rich family.



Euclid was a sort of mysterious person, because no one knew about him until he attended Plato's Academy in Athens, Greece.

Some other mathematicians who used Euclid's theories were **Galileo Galilei, Sir Isaac Newton,** and **Eratosthenes.**

Another man, who is known as Euclid of Megara, often gets confused with Euclid of Alexandria.

//"If Euclid failed to kindle your youthful enthusiasm, then you were not born to be a scientific thinker."// - Albert Einstein

In 1733, an Italian mathematician, Girolamo Saccheri, studied for years in an attempt to find any errors in Euclid's theories. Failing, he eventually gave up, and published **Euclid Cleared of Every Flaw.**


 * At age forty, President Abraham Lincoln studied Euclid for training in reasoning, & as a traveling lawyer, kept a copy of Euclid's elements in his saddlebag. **