List of Famous people with last name Cnidus

Eudoxus of Cnidus

First Name Eudoxus

Died on January 1, -0355

Born in Muğla Province

Eudoxus of Cnidus was an ancient Greek astronomer, mathematician, scholar, and student of Archytas and Plato. All of his works are lost, though some fragments are preserved in Hipparchus' commentary on Aratus's poem on astronomy. Sphaerics by Theodosius of Bithynia may be based on a work by Eudoxus.

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Sostratus of Cnidus

First Name Sostratus

Born on November 30, -0301

Died on November 30, -0261 (aged 40)

Born in Muğla Province, Marmaris

Sostratus of Cnidus, was a Greek architect and engineer. He is said to have designed the lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, on the island of Pharos off Alexandria, Egypt. This claim is disputed.

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