Who is the ancient mathematician famous for the 'Sieve' method of finding prime numbers?
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Eratosthenes
Eratosthenes was also the head of the Library of Alexandria and was the first person to calculate the circumference of the Earth using the shadows cast by the sun at different locations.
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