Theophrastus
c. 371–c. 287 BCE
Successor of Aristotle, known as the father of botany.
- Known as
- Philosopher
- Category
- Thinkers
- Born
- c. 371 BCE, Eresos
- Died
- c. 287 BCE, Athens
Alive at the same time as Theophrastus
- Diogenes c. 412–323 BCE, philosopher
- Aristotle 384–322 BCE, philosopher
- Chanakya c. 375–c. 283 BCE, political thinker
- Mencius c. 372–c. 289 BCE, philosopher
- Apelles c. 370–c. 306 BCE, painter
- Zhuang Zhou c. 369–c. 286 BCE, philosopher
- Ptolemy I Soter 367–282 BCE, pharaoh
- Nearchus c. 360–c. 300 BCE, admiral
- Seleucus I Nicator c. 358–281 BCE, king
- Pytheas c. 350–c. 285 BCE, explorer
- Epicurus 341–270 BCE, philosopher
- Qu Yuan c. 340–278 BCE, poet
Portrait: Teofrasto_Orto_botanico_PA.jpg: tato grasso derivative work: Singinglemon (talk), CC BY-SA 2.5.
