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Thābit ibn Qurra

836 - 901

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Thābit ibn Qurra (full name: Abū al-Ḥasan Ṯābit ibn Qurra ibn Zahrūn al-Ḥarrānī al-Ṣābiʾ, Arabic: أبو الحسن ثابت بن قرة بن زهرون الحراني الصابئ, Latin: Thebit/Thebith/Tebit; 826 or 836 – February 19, 901), was a polymath known for his work in mathematics, medicine, astronomy, and translation. He lived in Baghdad in the second half of the ninth century during the time of the Abbasid Caliphate. Thābit ibn Qurra made important discoveries in algebra, geometry, and astronomy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thābit ibn Qurra has received more than 234,080 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Thābit ibn Qurra is the 97th most popular mathematician (up from 106th in 2019), the 214th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 265th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Turkish Mathematician.

Thābit ibn Qurra is most famous for his work in mathematics, astronomy, and medicine.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Thābit ibn Qurra ranks 97 out of 1,004. Before him are Adrien-Marie Legendre, G. H. Hardy, Siméon Denis Poisson, Leopold Kronecker, Gabriel Cramer, and Guillaume de l'Hôpital. After him are Pierre Louis Maupertuis, Isaac Barrow, Grigori Perelman, Joan Clarke, Christian Goldbach, and Willebrord Snellius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 836, Thābit ibn Qurra ranks 1. After him are Causantín mac Cináeda, Æthelberht, King of Wessex, Al-Musta'in, and Fujiwara no Mototsune. Among people deceased in 901, Thābit ibn Qurra ranks 1. After him are Gunnbjörn Ulfsson, Adelaide of Paris, Ohthere of Hålogaland, Theodora, daughter of Constantine VII, Leo Phokas the Elder, Eudokia Baïana, Amr ibn al-Layth, Irene Lekapene, and Antony II of Constantinople.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Thābit ibn Qurra ranks 214 out of 1,347. Before him are Elia Kazan (1909), Celâl Bayar (1883), Adnan Menderes (1899), Romanos III Argyros (968), Sabbas the Sanctified (439), and Herophilos (-335). After him are Alexios II Komnenos (1169), Andranik (1865), Philippikos Bardanes (700), Beyhan Sultan (1497), Fahri Korutürk (1903), and Gregory Thaumaturgus (213).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Türkiye

Among mathematicians born in Türkiye, Thābit ibn Qurra ranks 4. Before him are Apollonius of Perga (-262), Eudoxus of Cnidus (-408), and Al-Battani (858). After him are Simplicius of Cilicia (490), Menaechmus (-375), Autolycus of Pitane (-360), Callippus (-370), Theon of Smyrna (70), Theodosius of Bithynia (-160), and Suzan Kahramaner (1913).

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