pythagoras

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Pythagoras
    n 1: Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the
         Pythagorean theorem; considered to be the first true
         mathematician (circa 580-500 BC)

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Pythagoras

   <person> (Pythagoras of Samos, Ionia; about 569-475 BC) The
   Greek mathematician who founded a philosophical and religious
   school in Croton (now Crotone) in southern Italy.

   Pythagoras is most famous for {Pythagoras's Theorem} but other
   important postulates are attributed to him, e.g. the sum of
   the angles of a triangle is equal to two right angles.

   (2004-02-12)

from Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date

PYTHAGORAS

a Greek who said some people would be pigs after
they were dead.