Person: Malchus, Porphyry

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Porphyry Malchus wrote a commentary on Euclid's Elements and a Life of Pythagoras.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 233, Tyre (now Sur, Lebanon). Died 309, Rome.

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Ancient Greek, Origin Lebanon


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References

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  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive