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Who Was Alive in 272 BCE
2 of 328 historical figures were alive in 272 BCE
Euclid
Age 53
325 BCE–265 BCE · Science & Invention
Father of geometry, wrote Elements
Archimedes
Age 15
287 BCE–212 BCE · Science & Invention
Greatest mathematician of antiquity
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