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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. 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 land surveying. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abraham bar Hiyya has received more than 72,355 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Abraham bar Hiyya is the 259th most popular mathematician (up from 270th in 2019), the 574th most popular biography from Spain (up from 580th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Abraham bar Hiyya ranks 259 out of 823Before him are Viktor Bunyakovsky, Michael Stifel, Andreas Osiander, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, Antoine Gombaud, and Abraham Zacuto. After him are Jean-Robert Argand, Eugène Charles Catalan, Sam Loyd, Gotthold Eisenstein, Helge von Koch, and Karen Uhlenbeck.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Abraham bar Hiyya ranks 574 out of 2,932Before him are Javier Marías (1951), Verónica Forqué (1955), Gilbert Horal (1200), Juan Donoso Cortés (1809), Abraham Zacuto (1452), and Didacus of Alcalá (1400). After him are Ali ibn Yusuf (1083), Reccared II (650), Sebastián Iradier (1809), Federico Mompou (1893), Witteric (570), and Guti (1976).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Spain

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