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Born | c. AD 90 Egyp, Roman Empire |
Dee'd | c. AD 168 (aged 77–78) Alexandria, Egyp, Roman Empire |
Thrift | mathematician, geographer, astronomer, astrologer |
Claudius Ptolemy (/ˈtɒləmi/; Greek: Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος, Klaudios Ptolemaios, pronounced [kláwdios ptolɛmɛ́ːos]; Laitin: Claudius Ptolemaeus; c. AD 90 – c. AD 168) wis a Greco-Roman writer o Alexandria, kent as a mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, an poet o a single epigram in the Greek Anthology.[1][2]