Alexander the great, 96% probable
Since the first recorded rudimentary steam engine being the AEOLIPILE described by Hero of Alexandria from Alexandria Egypt.
The lighthouse at Alexandria was also known as Pharos.
The Lighthouse of Alexandria, also known as The Pharos of Alexandria, no longer stands. It was originally built on the island of Pharos, just off the coast of Alexandria, between 280 and 247 BC (BCE).
Hypatia lived in Alexandria
Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great at 332 BCE in the Nile delta. Alexander's intention was to build a city that would supersede the famous at his time Naucratis a port city 72 kilometers southern than the new city of Alexandria which became the capital city of Ptolemy after the death of Alexander.
Heron of Alexandria.
It would help if the question said what hero of Alexandria is supposed to have done (or not done). But since you have not bothered to provide that crucial bit of information, I cannot provide a more useful answer.
I believe the man who discovered it was Heron (or Hero) of Alexandria.
Archimedes, Thales, Hero of Alexandria etc etc
Since the first recorded rudimentary steam engine being the AEOLIPILE described by Hero of Alexandria from Alexandria Egypt.
THE QUESTION HAS MANY POSSIBILITYS hero is said to have used his invention to open temple doors I hope that helps... Hero of questionria
I dont know how he died... I am trying to look for it but cant find it xc
Hero (or Heron) of Alexandria(Greek:Ήρων ο Αλεξανδρεύς) (c. 10
Hero of Alexandria (around 60 a.d.) aka Heron, Greece
The first recorded steam engine was the aeolipile, by the Greek mathematician Hero of Alexandria in the first century AD.
Alexander the great was an ancient Greek hero who crossed the ocean and conquered Egypt and named a city after himself Alexandria in Egypt.
Aage Gerhardt Drachmann has written: 'The mechanical technology of Greek and Roman antiquity, a study of the literary sources' -- subject(s): Hero, of Alexandria. Automata, Hero, of Alexandria. Automata, History, Mechanics 'De navngivne Svaerd i Saga, Sagn og Folkevise' -- subject(s): History and criticism, Icelandic and Old Norse literature