Born 1048 CE in Nishapur,  Persia  (today    known as Iran)     Omar Khayyam of Nishapur(Khayyam means "tent maker") .   He  was a   Mathematician,  Scientist, Astronomer, Philosopher & Poet. Khayam died in 1123 CE in Nishapur, Persia. 

 

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Major Contributions:


- Jalali Calendar (more accurate than the Julian, and almost as accurate as the Gregorian intercalation system)

-bullet Contributions to Algebra (geometric solution of cubic equations)

 
-bullet Astronomical tables


-bullet And the Rubaiyat vb