Mathematician:Thomas Little Heath

Mathematician

English Civil servant who is best known for his scholarly translations of the Greek classics of mathematics into English.

Nationality

English

History

• Born: 5 Oct 1861, Barnetby le Wold, Lincoln, England
• Died: 16 March 1940, Ashtead, Surrey, England

Publications

• 1885: Diophantus of Alexandria
  • 1910: Diophantus of Alexandria, 2nd ed.

• 1896: Apollonius of Perga: Treatise on Conic Sections

• 1897: The Works of Archimedes

• 1908: Euclid: The Thirteen Books of The Elements

Euclid: The Thirteen Books of The Elements, Volume 1

Euclid: The Thirteen Books of The Elements, Volume 2

Euclid: The Thirteen Books of The Elements, Volume 3

• 1912: The Method of Archimedes

• 1912: The Works of Archimedes with the Method of Archimedes

• 1913: Aristarchus of Samos, the Ancient Copernicus

• 1921: A History of Greek Mathematics

A History of Greek Mathematics, Volume I

A History of Greek Mathematics, Volume II

• 1926: Euclid: The Thirteen Books of The Elements, 2nd ed.

Euclid: The Thirteen Books of The Elements, Volume 1, 2nd ed.

Euclid: The Thirteen Books of The Elements, Volume 2, 2nd ed.

Euclid: The Thirteen Books of The Elements, Volume 3, 2nd ed.

• 1931: A Manual of Greek Mathematics

• 1932: Greek Astronomy

• 1949: Mathematics in Aristotle

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Thomas Little Heath": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive