Al-Khwarizmi was a scholar at the House of Wisdom in Baghdad, born around 780 CE though no source records his exact birth date. His book on al-jabr wa'l-muqabala, completed between 813 and 833, gave algebra both its name and its first systematic treatment of linear and quadratic equations, and his arithmetic treatise carried the Hindu-Arabic numeral system into the Middle East and Europe. His own Latinized name, Algoritmi, is the root of the word algorithm.
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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own accountConventional scholarly estimate, c. 780; Wikipedia's own account notes few biographical details of his life are known at all. FieldSourced to the subject's own accountMathematics and astronomy 1 Notable Work Field
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was a mathematician active during the Islamic Golden Age, who produced Arabic-language works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography.
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Khwarazm, Abbasid Caliphate
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Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, or simply al-Khwarizmi (c. 780, c. 850) was a mathematician active during the Islamic Golden Age, who produced Arabic-language works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography.
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His popularizing treatise on algebra, compiled between 813 and 833 as Al-Jabr (The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing), presented the first systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations.
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Around 820, he worked at the House of Wisdom in Baghdad, the contemporary capital city of the Abbasid Caliphate.
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P20 (place of death): Baghdad, Iraq
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P19 (place of birth): Khwarazm, Turkmenistan
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P800 (notable work): Al-Jabr
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