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Also Known As Wei Yüan
Born April 23, 1794 • Shaoyang • China
Died March 26, 1857 (aged 62) • Hangzhou • China
Notable Works “Hai-kuo t’u-chih” • “Huang-ch’ao ching-shih wen-pien”
Al-Bīrūnī, Afghan commemorative stamp, 1973.
al-Bīrūnī
Persian scholar and scientist
Strabo
Strabo
Greek geographer and historian
al-Masʿūdī
Arab historian
Kâtip Çelebi
Turkish historian
al-Hamdānī
Arab author
Alexander Polyhistor
Roman philosopher, geographer, and historian
André Duchesne, detail from an engraving
André Duchesne
French historian
Ban Gu
Chinese historian
Ouyang Xiu
Chinese author and statesman
Sima Qian
Sima Qian
Chinese historian and scientist
Wang Guowei
Chinese scholar
Li Zhizao
Chinese mathematician and astronomer
Huang Zongxi
Chinese scholar
Wang Fuzhi
Chinese philosopher, historian, and poet
Zhu Shunshui
Chinese patriot
Ban Zhao
Chinese scholar
Ban Biao
Chinese official
Ma Duanlin
Chinese historian
Zheng Qiao
Chinese historian
Zhang Heng: seismoscope
Zhang Heng
Chinese mathematician, astronomer, and geographer

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