Astronomer, geographer, and mathematician. 190 BC – c. 120 BC. Founder of trigonometry. Possibly invented the armillary sphere, which we've discovered is occasionally used as a memorial, e.g. D'Oyly Carte.
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Hipparchus
Explorer and naturalist. Born Monmouthshire (which, if we can believe Wikipe...
'A tonic for the Nation', The Festival was intended to cheer us all up after ...
Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace, was born on 23 March 1749 in Beaumont-en-Au...
