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Abraham bar Hiyya

1070 - 1145

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Abraham bar Ḥiyya ha-Nasi (Hebrew: ר׳ אַבְרָהָם בַּר חִיָּיא הַנָשִׂיא; c. 1070 – 1136 or 1145), also known as Abraham Savasorda, Abraham Albargeloni, and Abraham Judaeus, was a Catalan Jewish mathematician, astronomer and philosopher who resided in Barcelona, then in the County of Barcelona. Bar Ḥiyya was active in translating the works of Islamic science into Latin and was likely the earliest to introduce algebra from the Muslim world into Christian Europe. He also wrote several original works on mathematics, astronomy, Jewish philosophy, chronology, and surveying. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abraham bar Hiyya has received more than 77,822 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham bar Hiyya is the 282nd most popular mathematician (down from 259th in 2019), the 625th most popular biography from Spain (down from 574th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Abraham bar Hiyya ranks 282 out of 1,004. Before him are Lev Pontryagin, Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam, Jacques Charles François Sturm, George Atwood, Edward Waring, and Lloyd Shapley. After him are John Edensor Littlewood, Kunihiko Kodaira, Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach, Marino Ghetaldi, Lorenzo Mascheroni, and Viktor Bunyakovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1070, Abraham bar Hiyya ranks 6. Before him are Coloman, King of Hungary, Bernard of Chartres, Bertrade de Montfort, Raymond of Burgundy, and William of Champeaux. After him are Theophilus Presbyter, Philippa, Countess of Toulouse, Gilbert de la Porrée, Zbigniew of Poland, Otto, Count of Ballenstedt, and Prince Álmos. Among people deceased in 1145, Abraham bar Hiyya ranks 2. Before him is Pope Lucius II. After him are Gallus Anonymus, Plato Tiburtinus, Zhang Zeduan, Tashfin ibn Ali, Uroš I, Grand Prince of Serbia, and Cecile of France.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Abraham bar Hiyya ranks 625 out of 3,355. Before him are Theodulf of Orléans (750), Santiago Rusiñol (1861), García Íñiguez of Pamplona (810), Junípero Serra (1713), Catalina de Erauso (1592), and Ramon Muntaner (1265). After him are Miguel Hernández (1910), Antonio de Mendoza (1494), Joan Manuel Serrat (1943), Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster (1354), Daniel Brühl (1978), and Juan Donoso Cortés (1809).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Spain

Among mathematicians born in Spain, Abraham bar Hiyya ranks 3. Before him are Jabir ibn Aflah (1100), and Abraham Zacuto (1452).

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