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Pappus of Alexandria (c. 320) Pappus of Alexandria (c. 320): Wrote treatise, the Mathematical Collection, as a guide to Greek geometry, discusses theorems and constructions of more than thirty different mathematicians of antiquity. (Historical) http://www.lib.virginia.edu/science/parshall/pappus.html Heron of Alexandria (ca. 75 AD) Heron of Alexandria (ca. 75 AD): Greek mathematician who was mainly interested in practical studies in mechanics and engineering, best known for Heron's Formula (Historical) http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Heron.html Riemann, Georg Friedrich Bernhard (1826-1866) Riemann, Georg Friedrich Bernhard (1826-1866): Theory of functions, non-Euclidian geometry, relativity theory, Famous for the Riemann hypothesis about the behavior of zeros of the Riemann zeta function, which he showed determines the distribution of prime numbers. (Historical) http://turnbull.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Riemann.html Desargues - Girard Desargues (1591-1661) Desargues - Girard Desargues (1591-1661): Founder of projective geometry, his work centred on the theory of conic sections and perspective. (Historical) http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Desargues.html Klein, Felix (1849-1925) Klein, Felix (1849-1925): Plücker's assistant at Bonn who studied Analytic Geometry, describing geometry as the study of properties of figures which remain invariant under a Group of Transformations. He systemized Non-Euclidean Geometry. (Historical) http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/KleinFelix.html Apollonius of Perga (c. 262-190 B.C.) Apollonius of Perga (c. 262-190 B.C.): known as 'The Great Geometer', great influence on the development of mathematics, famous book Conics introduced terms such as parabola, ellipse and hyperbola. (Historical) http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Apollonius.html Monge, Gaspard - Conte de Péluse (1746-1818) Monge, Gaspard - Conte de Péluse (1746-1818): The father of differential geometry, he devised a system called Geometrie descriptive, now known as orthographic projection, the graphical method used in modern mechanical drawing. (Historical) http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Monge.html Steiner, Jakob (1796-1863) Steiner, Jakob (1796-1863): Was one of the greatest contributors to projective geometry. (Historical) http://turnbull.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Steiner.html