Archimedes biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Archimedes

Author Name:

Archimedes

Born As:

Archimedes

Other Names:

Archimedes

Born:

c. 287 BC

Died:

c. 212 BC




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Mathematician, scientist and inventor                          
                          
Father's name - Phidias, an astronomer.                          
                          
The last words attributed to Archimedes are "Do not disturb my circles" - Greek: μή μου τούς κύκλους τάραττε, a reference to the circles in the mathematical drawing that he was supposedly studying when disturbed by the Roman soldier. This quote is often given in Latin as "Noli turbare circulos meos", but there is no reliable evidence that Archimedes uttered these words and they do not appear in the account given by Plutarch.