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Eudoxus Of Cnidus. Picture of Euxodus Cnidus. Eudoxus of Cnidus. Eudoxus of Cnidus Born : c. 390 BC Birthplace: Cnidus, Asia Minor Died: c. 340 BC Location of death: Cnidus, Asia Minor Cause of death: unspecifcified . Who he was part 1.
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Eudoxus of Cnidus • Eudoxusof Cnidus Born: c. 390 BC Birthplace: Cnidus, Asia Minor Died: c. 340 BC Location of death: Cnidus, Asia Minor Cause of death: unspecifcified.
Who he was part 1 • c. 342–337 bc Cnidus Greek mathematician and astronomer who substantially advanced proportion theory, contributed to the identification of constellations and thus to the development of observational astronomy in the Greek world.
Who he was Part 2 • He was also a scholar and scientist of great eminence, Eudoxus, son of a certain Aischines, contributed to the development of astronomy, mathematics, geography, and philosophy, as well as providing his native city with laws. As a young man he studied geometry with Archytas of Tarentum, from whom he may well have taken his interest in number theory and music; in medicine he was instructed by the physician Philiston; and his philosophical inquiries were stimulated by Plato, whose lectures he attended as an impecunious student during his first visit to Athens.