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http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/People/Archimedes/

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/32808/Archimedes

https://www.cs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents.html

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/32808/Archimedes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/archimedes.shtml

http://www.crystalinks.com/archimedes.html

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Archimedes.html

As far as the information on the web is concerned, Archimedes had a very ordinary childhood. Archimedes was born in 287 B.C. in the port of Syracuse, Sicily in the colony of Magna Graecia. His father was Phidias, who was an astronomer about whom nothing is known. His mother is unknown, though Greek History books and reference books refer her as "Frau Archimedes".

Later Life:

In those times, in the absence of paper or blackboards, Archimedes used dust, ashes or any other available surface to draw his geometric figures. He used to get so engrossed in his work that sometimes he forgot to eat. It is alleged that he drew figures on his body after bathing and applying olive oil. According to the Greek historian John Tzetzes, who was famous for his research on Byzantinne Greek era, Archimedes lived for 75 years.
Archimedes died in 212 B.C. during the Second Punic war, when Syracuse was captured by the Roman forces after a two year siege.
According to Plutarch, Archimedes was researching a mathematical diagram, when a Roman soldier ordered him to meet General Marcus (who was engaged in the siege of Syracuse). But Archimedes declined saying that he had to finish his diagram. Furious, the Roman soldier killed Archimedes. General Marcus was angered by the death of Archimedes, because he didn't wish him any harm. Another popular theory regarding Archimedes' death is that he was killed while actually surrendering to the Romans.

The tomb of Archimedes is famous for it depicts his famous diagram, a sphere in a cylinder of the exact height and diameter. Archimedes had earlier proved that the volume and surface area of the sphere would be two thirds that of the cylinder. In 75 B.C., 137 years after the death of Archimedes, it was Cicero who was responsible for giving respect and attention to Archimedes' tomb, which had been long neglected. Cicero had heard about the tomb of Archimedes, but it took him a long time to find it, as the local populace were unable to help. Ultimately he found it at the Agrigentine gate in Syracuse, covered in bushes. He cleaned up the tomb and gave it its due respect.

Archimedes whole life is what you would call an extraordinary life. He benefited towards the innovation of modern day technology, invented formulas and inventions, he died doing what he liked doing best, inventing.