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Timocharis

320 BCE260 BCE · Alexandria

Timocharis of Alexandria (Ancient Greek: Τιμόχαρις; c. 320–260 BC), also called Timochares (Τιμοχάρης), was a Greek astronomer and philosopher. Likely born in Alexandria, he was a contemporary of Euclid.

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AlexandriaEgypt

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About Alexandria

Alexandria (al-Iskandariyya) is the great Mediterranean port-city of northern Egypt, founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BCE and a leading centre of learning in antiquity. After the Muslim conquest of Egypt (642) it remained a major commercial and scholarly hub; the Shadhili Sufi Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari (d. 1309) took his nisba from the city, and the modernist reformer Muhammad Abduh (d. 1905) was active in Egypt's intellectual life there and in Cairo.

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