Anaxagoras was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. Born in Clazomenae at a time when Asia Minor was under the control of the Persian Empire, Anaxagoras came to Athens. In later life he was charged with impiety and went into exile in Lampsacus. 500 BC – 428 BC; died at about 72. Alive at the same time as The Buddha, Sophocles, Hippocrates, Thucydides, and Confucius. Wiki link