Wang Fan
Wang Fan | |
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| 王蕃 | |
| Regular Attendant (常侍) | |
| In office 264 or after – 266 | |
| Monarch | Sun Hao |
| Chief Commandant of Escorting Cavalry (駙馬都尉) | |
| In office 258 or after – ? | |
| Monarch | Sun Xiu |
| Central Regular Mounted Attendant (散騎中常侍) | |
| In office 258 or after – ? | |
| Monarch | Sun Xiu |
| Gentleman of Writing (尚書郎) | |
| In office ?–? | |
| Monarch | Sun Quan / Sun Liang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 228 Lujiang County, Anhui |
| Died | 266 (aged 38) |
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| Occupation | Astronomer, mathematician, politician, writer |
| Courtesy name | Yongyuan (永元) |
Wang Fan (228–266), courtesy name Yongyuan, was a Chinese astronomer, mathematician, politician, and writer of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He would work on creating an armillary sphere and some of his works survive to this day, but his disobedience towards Wu's final Emperor Sun Hao would lead to his death.