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Al-Khwarizmi

Al-Khwarizmi helped define algebra as a discipline and transmitted numerical methods across cultures.

BORN c. 780 CE · Khwarazm regionDIED c. 850 CE · Baghdad, IraqERA Abbasid

NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION

Wrote foundational mathematical works that gave algebra and algorithm their later names.

THE RECORD

His algebra text presented systematic methods for solving equations.
Latin versions of his name shaped the word algorithm.
His astronomical and geographical works belonged to the Abbasid scientific milieu.