Omar Khayyam Mathematician Born May 18, 1048 Nishapur, Khorasan Died December 4, 1131 (around age 82-83) Nationality Persian Born on May 18, 1048, in Nishapur, the Khorasan province, Persia, Omar Khayyam was a prominent and influential Persian mathematician, astronomer, poet and philosopher whose major works had a tremendous impact on scholars in English-speaking countries even … Continue reading Omar Khayyam