Omar Khayyám
Lokale:r Autor:in aus Nischapur, Razavi-Chorasan, Iran
Omar Khayyám (1048–1131) was born in Nishapur in Persia and was celebrated in his lifetime as a mathematician and astronomer who helped reform the calendar. The quatrains credited to him became world-famous through Edward FitzGerald's 1859 English version.