Sir '''Thomas Little Heath''' was a [[United Kingdom|British]] mathematician, historian of [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] mathematics, [[logic]]ian, translator, civil servant, and mountaineer in the twentieth century. He was best known for his English translation of the thirteen books of ''The Elements'', an ancient Greek [[geometry]] textbook by [[Euclid]]. | Sir '''Thomas Little Heath''' was a [[United Kingdom|British]] mathematician, historian of [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] mathematics, [[logic]]ian, translator, civil servant, and mountaineer in the twentieth century. He was best known for his English translation of the thirteen books of ''The Elements'', an ancient Greek [[geometry]] textbook by [[Euclid]]. |