The Life of Omar Khayyam
Birth:
Date: 1048 CE
Place: Nishapur, Persia (Iran)
Name:
Abu ol-Fath ebn-Ebrahim 'Omar ol-Khayyami of Nishapur
Khayyam means "tent maker"
Work:
Mathematician
Scientist
Astronomer
Philosopher
Poet
Major Contributions:
 | Jalali Calendar (more accurate than the Julian, and almost as accurate as the Gregorian intercalation system) |
| Contributions to Algebra (geometric solution of cubic equations) |
| Astronomical tables |
| And the Rubaiyat |
Death:
Date: 1123 CE
Place: Nishapur, Persia (Iran)
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Biography (by Edward J. Fitzgerald)
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