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MATHEMATICIAN

Thābit ibn Qurra

836 - 901

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Thābit ibn Qurra (full name: Abū al-Ḥasan 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 211,966 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Thābit ibn Qurra is the 106th most popular mathematician (up from 124th in 2019), the 265th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 308th in 2019) and the 5th 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 106 out of 823. Before him are Jean-Victor Poncelet, Gabriel Cramer, Hippocrates of Chios, Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, Lodovico Ferrari, and John Couch Adams. After him are John Wallis, G. H. Hardy, Meton of Athens, Girard Desargues, Isaac Barrow, and Theon of Alexandria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 836, Thābit ibn Qurra ranks 1. After him are Æthelberht, King of Wessex, Causantín mac Cináeda, and Al-Musta'in. Among people deceased in 901, Thābit ibn Qurra ranks 1. After him are Gunnbjörn Ulfsson, Adelaide of Paris, Ohthere of Hålogaland, Antony II of Constantinople, Leo Phokas the Elder, Theodora, daughter of Constantine VII, Eudokia Baïana, Irene Lekapene, and Amr ibn al-Layth.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Thābit ibn Qurra ranks 265 out of 1,301. Before him are Andranik (1865), Alexander (870), Theodora Porphyrogenita (984), Fahri Korutürk (1903), Theodore the Studite (759), and Ctesias (-440). After him are Astyanax (null), Basilios Bessarion (1403), Suleiman ibn Qutulmish (1100), Attalus II Philadelphus (-220), Socrates of Constantinople (380), and Julius Martov (1873).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Turkey

Among mathematicians born in Turkey, Thābit ibn Qurra ranks 5. Before him are Apollonius of Perga (-262), Eudoxus of Cnidus (-408), Al-Battani (858), and Anthemius of Tralles (474). After him are Simplicius of Cilicia (490), Callippus (-370), Autolycus of Pitane (-360), Theon of Smyrna (70), Theodosius of Bithynia (-160), and Suzan Kahramaner (1913).

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