2nd century Greek astronomer, geographer and mathematician
Hipparchus of Nicaea (c. 190 – c. 120 BC) was a Greek astronomer, geographer, and mathematician. He is considered the founder of trigonometry but is most famous for his incidental discovery of precession of the equinoxes.
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Native Name:
Ίππαρχος
Alternative Names:
Hipparchus of Nicaea
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Hipparchus of Rhodes
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