Hippocrates of Chios

GPTKB entity

Statements (19)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geometer
Ancient Greek mathematician
gptkbp:birthDate c. 470 BCE
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Chios
gptkbp:deathDate c. 410 BCE
gptkbp:era gptkb:Classical_Greece
gptkbp:field gptkb:geometry
gptkb:mathematics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hippocrates of Chios
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Euclid
later Greek mathematicians
gptkbp:knownFor work on squaring the circle
first systematic geometry textbook
quadrature of the lune
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Greek
gptkbp:notableWork Elements (lost work)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Doubling_the_cube
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7