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Al-Khwarizmi
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Al-Khwarizmi

c. 780–850

Baghdad mathematician; father of algebra and namesake of “algorithm.”

Al-Khwarizmi (c. 780–850) endures among the great of Middle East & Persia. Baghdad mathematician; father of algebra and namesake of “algorithm.”.

Across the medieval age, this life and its works passed into the shared inheritance of humankind — kept here so the memory is never lost.

Honored among the Great Ones of every civilization. Africa is the cradle of humankind; in the deepest sense, these are everyone’s ancestors — and so this name is kept, from the cradle of humanity to all its children.

Submitted with honor.

Submitted by the Honored Ancestors Editorial Committee.