李善兰(1811年～1882年),19世纪我国最杰出的数学家、天文学家、翻译家和教育家．他10岁左右就开始对数学发生兴趣,30岁后对数学的造诣已很深．他与英国传教士、天文数学家伟烈亚力合译了古希腊伟大教学家欧几里得著的《几何原本》后9卷(前6卷 Li Shanlan (1811 - 1882), the most outstanding mathematician, astronomer, translator, and educator in China in the 19th century. He began to have an interest in mathematics around the age of 10, and his accomplishments in mathematics after 30 years of age are already deep. He and the British missionary and astronomy mathematician Whale Ale translated the book “Geometry Original” by Euclid, the great Greek teaching home, in 9 volumes.