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Time Lines of Mathematicians
Click below to see time lines of mathematicians between the dates stated. They show how the lives of the mathematicians overlap.
The pictures occupy rather a large area so you will have to use your browser to scroll both vertically and horizontally.
If you have a wheel on your mouse, you can use it to scroll vertically, or with the shift-key down to go horizontally.
Note: Where either the birth or death of a mathematician is unknown (mostly for those in the era BC) the life-span is given as 60 years for the purpose of these diagrams.
| 800 BC - 700 AD | (The Greek period)
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| 600 - 1500 | (The Arabic period)
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| 1450 - 1700 | (The 16th and 17th Centuries)
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| 1650 - 1800 | (The 18th Century)
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| 1750 - 1850 | (The early 19th Century)
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| 1825 - 1900 | (The late 19th Century)
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| 1875 - 1960 | (The 20th Century)
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The pictures occupy rather a large area so you will have to use your browser to scroll both vertically and horizontally.
If you have a wheel on your mouse, you can use it to scroll vertically, or with the shift-key down to go horizontally.
Note: Where either the birth or death of a mathematician is unknown (mostly for those in the era BC) the life-span is given as 60 years for the purpose of these diagrams.