Al-Khwarizmi
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9th-century mathematician and astronomer
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī , or al-Khwarizmi, was a polymath from Khwarazm, who produced vastly influential works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography. Around 820 CE, he was appointed as the astronomer and head of the library of the House of Wisdom in Baghdad.