Birth and family
Teodorus of Cyrene, was a great mathematician of the 5th century BC.
Born in Greece in Cyrene, Theodorus moved to Athens, where he spent most of his life. Little is known about Theodorus’s family!
Born in Greece in Cyrene, Theodorus moved to Athens, where he spent most of his life. Little is known about Theodorus’s family!
Education and career
Theodorus of Cyrene was a Mathematician but also a tutor he teached Plato and Theatus. He was distinguished in astronomy, arithmetic, music and educational subjects. He was even one of the main Philosophers in the Cyrenaic school of moral philosophy.
He discovered non-square numbers up to 17. He changed the world by He helping the people in math’s which is used in a lot things. He was also Protagoras student and Plato’s tutor. What he invented was great even today we still use the non-squared numbers.
Circumstances of Death
Theodorus of Cyrene was a philosopher of the Cyranic school. He lived in both Greece and Alexandria, before ending his days in his native city of Cyrene now called Shahht in Libya where he died in 398 bc. He was condemned to die by being forced to drink poison
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