欧几里得,约公元前330年生于雅典.是古希腊的数学家,亚历山大学派前期的三大数学家之一.欧几里得早年在雅典的柏拉图学院受过教育,饱学了希腊古典数学各种科学文化.由于雅典的衰落,数学界和其他科学一样处于困境.约在公元前300年欧几里得就崭露头角,后来因统治埃及的托勒密国王的邀请客居亚力山大城,从事数学工作. Euclid, who was born in Athens about 330 BC, was an ancient Greek mathematician and one of the three major mathematicians of the Alexandrian School. Euclid was educated at the Plato College in Athens and learned the ancient Greek mathematics. Science and culture. Due to the decline of Athens, mathematics and other sciences are in a predicament. About 300 BC, Euclidean emerged. Later he was invited to work in mathematics at the invitation of Ptolemy, who ruled Egypt. .