Person    | Male  Born 721  Died 815

Geber / Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan

Categories: Science

Countries: Iran/Persia

Chemist, alchemist, astronomer, astrologer, engineer, geographer, philosopher, physicist, and pharmacist and physician.  The first practical alchemist.

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Geber / Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan

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Geber, 8th Ceny. AD

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