Know Al-Khwarizmi, father of algebra, algorithm By Ibrahim GIMBA, Abuja Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, or al-Khwarizmi was a Persian polymath from Khwarazm, who produced vastly influential works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography. Around 820 CE, he was appointed as the astronomer and head of the library of the House of Wisdom in Baghdad. Born: Khwarazm Died: 850 AD, Baghdad, Iraq Full name: Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī Nationality: Iranian Era: Islamic Golden Age; (Abbasid era) Influenced: Abu Kamil Al-Khwārizmī lived in Baghdad, where he worked at the “House of Wisdom” (Dār al-Ḥikma) under the caliphate of al-Maʾmūn. The House...