With Archimedes and Apollonius of Perga, Euclid is generally considered among the greatest mathematicians of antiquity, and one of the most influential in the history of mathematics. Very little is known of Euclid's life, and most information comes from the scholars Proclus and Pappus of Alexandria many centuries later.
Euclid, the most prominent mathematician of Greco-Roman antiquity, best known for his geometry book, the Elements. It is sometimes said that, other than the Bible, the Elements is the most translated, published, and studied of all the books produced in the Western world.
The 'complete works of Euclid' were written by a team of mathematicians at Alexandria who took the name Euclid from the historical character Euclid of Megara who had lived about 100 years earlier.
Euclid (325 BC - 265 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics
Euclid (also referred to as Euclid of Alexandria) (Greek: Εὐκλείδης) (c. 325 B.C.E. – c. 265 B.C.E.), a Greek mathematician, who lived in Alexandria, Hellenistic Egypt, almost certainly during the reign of Ptolemy I (323 B.C.E. –283 B.C.E.), is often referred to as the "father of geometry."
Euclid has been a monumental figure in the field of mathematics for centuries. His name echoes through time and history, and he became one of the most recognizable mathematicians of ancient Greece.
Euclid (circa 300 BCE) was an ancient Greek mathematician often referred to as the “Father of Geometry.” His most famous work, Elements, is a comprehensive compilation of the knowledge of geometry in his time and remains one of the most influential mathematical texts ever written.
Euclid’s Elements form one of the most beautiful and influential works of science in the history of humankind. Its beauty lies in its logical development of geometry and other branches of mathematics.