Al-Khwarizmi
c. 780–c. 850
Persian mathematician whose work gave us the word algebra.
Al-Khwarizmi (c. 780–c. 850) was a mathematician, died in Baghdad.
- Known as
- Mathematician
- Category
- Scientists & Inventors
- Born
- c. 780
- Died
- c. 850, Baghdad
Alive at the same time as Al-Khwarizmi
- Rabia of Basra c. 717–801, Sufi mystic
- Charlemagne c. 748–814, emperor
- Harun al-Rashid c. 763–809, caliph
Portrait: Zarateman, CC0.
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