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Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī

1265 - 1318

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Kamal al-Din Hasan ibn Ali ibn Hasan al-Farisi or Abu Hasan Muhammad ibn Hasan (1267– 12 January 1319, long assumed to be 1320; Persian: كمال‌الدين فارسی) was a Persian Muslim scientist. He made two major contributions to science, one on optics, the other on number theory. Farisi was a pupil of the astronomer and mathematician Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi, who in turn was a pupil of Nasir al-Din Tusi. According to Encyclopædia Iranica, Kamal al-Din was the most advanced Persian author on optics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī is the 433rd most popular mathematician (up from 442nd in 2019), the 249th most popular biography from Iran (up from 269th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Iranian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī ranks 433 out of 1,004. Before him are Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, Yuri Manin, Gerhard Gentzen, William Thurston, Al-Mahani, and Diocles. After him are Heisuke Hironaka, Giovanni Antonio Magini, Johannes Werner, Jacques Ozanam, Nina Bari, and Alfred Clebsch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1265, Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī ranks 13. Before him are Henry of Bohemia, Emperor Fushimi, Ramon Muntaner, Otto III, Duke of Carinthia, Lucia, Countess of Tripoli, and María de Molina. After him are Gottfried von Hohenlohe, Andrew Moray, and Eberhard I, Count of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1318, Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī ranks 6. Before him are Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, Mikhail of Tver, Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Margaret of France, Queen of England, and Eric Magnusson. After him are Henry I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, Edward Bruce, and Thomas I Komnenos Doukas.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī ranks 249 out of 631. Before him are Maryam Mirzakhani (1977), Orodes I of Parthia (-190), Marjane Satrapi (1969), Al-Mahani (820), Mohammad Beheshti (1928), and Daqiqi (1000). After him are Lotf Ali Khan (1769), Morteza Motahhari (1919), Hayedeh (1942), Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi (1627), Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani (967), and Parvin E'tesami (1907).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Iran

Among mathematicians born in Iran, Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī ranks 11. Before him are Abū Sahl al-Qūhī (940), Al-Khazini (1077), Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1135), Al-Karaji (953), Maryam Mirzakhani (1977), and Al-Mahani (820). After him are Al-Nayrizi (865), Athir al-Din al-Abhari (1200), Al-Birjandi (null), Kushyar Gilani (971), Abu Said Gorgani (850), and Caucher Birkar (1978).

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