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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:person
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| gptkbp:birthYear |
1934
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| gptkbp:editor |
Dictionary of Scientific Biography
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| gptkbp:education |
gptkb:Corpus_Christi_College,_Oxford
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| gptkbp:field |
classics
history of science |
| gptkbp:knownFor |
translation of Ptolemy's Almagest
studies on Apollonius of Perga studies on Diophantus work on ancient Greek mathematics |
| gptkbp:memberOf |
gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society |
| gptkbp:nationality |
British
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| gptkbp:notableWork |
Diocles On Burning Mirrors
Eastern Wisedome and Learning: The Study of Arabic in Seventeenth-Century England Almagest: Introduction to the Mathematics of the Heavens |
| gptkbp:occupation |
gptkb:classicist
gptkb:mathematician |
| gptkbp:position |
Professor of the History of Mathematics
|
| gptkbp:workInstitution |
gptkb:Brown_University
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Toomer
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Gerald J. Toomer
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