Democritus was born at Abdera, about 460 BCE, although according to some 490. His father was from a noble family and of great wealth, and contributed largely towards the entertainment of the army...

According to ancient reports, Democritus was born about 460 BCE (thus, he was a younger contemporary of Socrates) and was a citizen of Abdera, although some reports mention Miletus.

Works of Democritus ... Democritus was born at Abdera, Thrace, sometime around 458 BCE. He was described as well traveled, probably visiting Babylon, Egypt, and Ethiopia, and perhaps India.

Democritus about the indivisibility of the smallest of things. ... For this reason, Leucippus and Democritus have undoubtedly deserved the first price for the best guess in antiquity, as far as

Biography of Democritus (BB^Y-about 370 BC) ... Certainly Democritus was not the first to propose an atomic theory. His teacher Leucippus had proposed an atomic system, as had Anaxagoras of Clazomenae.

Democritus (about 460 BC-about 370 BC) ... Democritus of Abdera ... Democritus was a Greek scholar who is best known for his atomic theory although he was also an excellent geometer.

Democritus was a Greek Philosopher who lived between 470 BC and 380 BC in Abdera, Thrace; a northern territory of Greece. He is by far the most influential of the Presocratic philosophers.

Democritus first suggested the existence of the atom but it took almost two millennia before the atom was placed on a solid foothold as a fundamental chemical object by John Dalton (1766-1844).

Now, imagine that between Democritus and his master Leucippus an argument arose on the real dimensions of these particles.

Democritus was a Greek philosopher who lived between 470-380 B.C. He developed the concept of the 'atom', Greek for 'indivisible'.