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Ananias of Shirak

lived from 595 to 670

Ananias of Shirak was a medieval Armenian polymath, known as the father of mathematical sciences within the Armenian tradition. The corpus of his works includes writings on mathematics, astronomy, theology, philosophy, geography, arithmetic and cosmography, including the earliest known book of arithmetic on the four basic operations.

Find out more at: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Anania/