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Eratosthenes of Cyrene was a Greek mathematician, elegiac poet, athlete, geographer, and astronomer. He was the first person to calculate the circumference of the earth by using a measuring system using stades, or the length of stadiums during that time period, and the tilt of the earth's axis.
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