Mathematician:Autolycus of Pitane

Mathematician
Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer. It is suggested, and disputed, that Autolycus was an influence on or whether it was the other way about.

It is also suggested that he was influenced by (and perhaps even a follower of), but it is impossible to confirm one way or the other.

Nationality
Greek

History

 * Born: about 360 BCE in Pitane, Aeolis, Asia Minor (now Turkey)
 * Died: about 290 BCE

Publications

 * On the Moving Sphere: a mathematical astronomy text
 * On Risings and Settings: on observational astronomy

These may be the earliest works on mathematics which have survived.

Also known as
In Greek: Αὐτόλυκος ὁ Πιταναῖος.