He went to school at Cambridge, University.
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There is no definitive evidence that Claudius Ptolemy attended a formal school. His education likely came from self-study and learning within intellectual circles of his time. Ptolemy was a Roman citizen of Greek descent known for his work in astronomy and geography.
Ptolemy's full name is Claudius Ptolemaeus.
Claudius Ptolemy lived in the second century, A.D., at which time Rome was arguably the strongest empire in the world. In South Asia, many Hindu and Buddhist texts were committed to writing in the second century A.D.
c. 150
Claudius Ptolemy worked in Alexandria, Egypt during the second century AD. He was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, and geographer known for his influential works on astronomy and geography.
Ptolemy was born around 90 AD and died around 168 AD, making his lifespan around 78 years.