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Jabir ibn Aflah

1100 - 1150

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Abū Muḥammad Jābir ibn Aflaḥ (Arabic: أبو محمد جابر بن أفلح, Latin: Geber/Gebir; 1100–1150) was an Arab Muslim astronomer and mathematician from Seville, who was active in 12th century al-Andalus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jabir ibn Aflah has received more than 92,064 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Jabir ibn Aflah is the 251st most popular mathematician (down from 249th in 2019), the 560th most popular biography from Spain (down from 531st in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jabir ibn Aflah ranks 251 out of 823Before him are Farkas Bolyai, Israel Gelfand, Simon Newcomb, Pierre Varignon, Nicolaus II Bernoulli, and Thomas Simpson. After him are William George Horner, Viktor Bunyakovsky, Michael Stifel, Andreas Osiander, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, and Antoine Gombaud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1100, Jabir ibn Aflah ranks 34Before him are Gorakhnath, Malik Shah, Abu Sa'id Gardezi, Teobaldo Boccapecci, Anushtegin Gharchai, and Wace. After him are Thierry, Count of Flanders, Duqaq, Ingegerd of Norway, Igor II of Kiev, Godfrey IV, Duke of Lower Lorraine, and Yağısıyan. Among people deceased in 1150, Jabir ibn Aflah ranks 4Before him are Suryavarman II, García Ramírez of Navarre, and Marcabru. After him are Bonanno Pisano, Henry Berengar, Thomas of Britain, and Sibylla of Burgundy.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Jabir ibn Aflah ranks 560 out of 2,932Before him are Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1453), Daniel Brühl (1978), Ramón del Valle-Inclán (1866), Mateo Alemán (1547), Junípero Serra (1713), and Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (1057). After him are Santiago Rusiñol (1861), Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon (1154), Josep Lluís Núñez (1931), Juan de Herrera (1530), Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria (1901), and Theodulf of Orléans (750).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Spain

Among mathematicians born in Spain, Jabir ibn Aflah ranks 1After him are Abraham Zacuto (1452) and Abraham bar Hiyya (1070).