Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
about 480 - 524
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Boethius was a Roman mathematician and philosopher who wrote texts on geometry and arithmetic which were used for many centuries during a time when mathematical achievement in Europe was at a remarkable low.
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- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- J J O'Donnell A life of Boethius
- The Boethius Society
- University of Virginia A translation of De consolatione philosophiae
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