Today, your task is to research one of the following Spanish or French Mathematicians and create a fact – file about their life:

Francios Arago, Juan de Herrera, Abraham bar Hiyya or Leonardo Torres y Quevedo

Can you please include date of birth/death date and place of birth. What were they famous for? What affect have their achievements had on the world? Can you also add any other interesting facts?

108 responses to “Famous Spanish and French Mathematicians”

  1. Xlexben F.

    José Celestino Mutis
    Date of birth : April 6 1732
    Died : September 11 th 1788
    Zodiac Sign : Aries ♈️
    Birthplace: Cadiz Spain
    José was a Spanish botanist who spent 50 years studying on medicine and served as a physician for Ferdinand VI.Working in South America later, he researched about the medicinal properties of plants.He even built a massive botanical garden with over 6000 images of plants.He was also an astronomer and priest.
    BY HUDI AND XLEXBEN.

  2. Ibrahim M.

    Abu’l Hasan inn al-Qalasadi
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    Abu’l Hasan inn al-Qalasadi was a Muslim Spanish mathematician who built on the introduction by using letters instead of numbers.

    Birth and Place – 1412 : Baza, Spain.

    Death and Place – 1486 : Beja, Tunisia.

    Job : Mathematician

    Al-Qalaṣādī represented mathematical symbols using characters from the Arabic alphabet.
    For example, ﻭ (wa) means “and” for addition, (+)
    إلا (illa) means “less” for subtraction, (-)
    في (fi) lmeans “times” for multiplication (*) and
    على (ala) means “over” for division. (/)

  3. Isah C.

    , Juan de Herrera Was born in roiz Spain 1530 and passed away on 15 January 1597 in Madrid Spain
    and his education was in Valladolid university and his nationality was Spanish and his business partner were Juan Bautista de Toledo

    Tipian and Isah

  4. Muhammad S.

    Leonardo Torres Quevedo

    Leonardo Torres Quevedo was born on the 28th of December 1852 in Besaya Vally, Spain. He died on the 18th of December 1936. He was a mathematician and had many other important jobs such as an inventor and engineer. He invented El Ajedrecista which was a chess playing machine. He also invented a couple other inventions.

  5. Saffa M.

    Francios Arago
    Francois Aragorn was born in 1786 and died at 1852 he was a French physicist and a astronomer in his lectures and writing he tried to popularise astronomy and support the view that life is common throughout the solar system. Arago was known not only for his own scientific findings, but for his influence on the work of others .
    By staffs and diyako

  6. Khadija A.

    Juan de Herrera
    Birth Date:1530
    Birthplace:Roiz,Spain
    Died:15 January 1597
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    He was one of the famous mathematician of his amazing knowledge.
    Khadija and Meharunisa

  7. Eman A.

    Abraham bar hiyya
    Abraham was born 1070 AD in Barcelona Spain and died in 1136 AD .He spent his youth in the southern part of al-Andalus when he grew up he was known for his work on maths philosopher and astronomy

  8. Sanad S.

    All about François Arago
    His birthdate is February 26, 1786
    His Sun Sign is Pisces
    His Birthplace is in Estagel
    He died in October 2, 1853

    The French physicist and mathematician François Arago found out magnetism, named Arago’s rotations. He is also remembered for his research of the wave theory of light and for the reforms he introduced as the French minister of war and the navy. The Eiffel Tower has his name because of it.

  9. Sania K.

    Francios Arago
    Birth – February 26th 1786
    Birthplace – Estagel, France
    Sun sign – Pisces
    Death – October 2 1853

    What is he famous for ?
    He had many jobs which were being an Astronomer, Mathematician, Physicist, Politician, Scientist and a University teacher. However, he was most famous for finding out that the surface of the Sun and stars is made of incandescent gas and not solid or liquid, was a prominent physicist of the 19th century

    What affects did he make to the world?
    His major affect to the world was being able to among the first to explain the scintillation of stars
    using interference phenomena.

    From Sania and Umar

  10. Retaj I.

    Abraham bar Hiyya
    Date of Birth : 1070
    Birth place : Barcelona , Spain
    Death date : 1136
    What was he known for ?
    He was known for his works math, philosophy, astronomy, .
    Retaj and Umama

  11. Minaal A.

    Griselda Pascual
    Birth date: 11th February 1926
    Death date: 8th June 2001
    Birth place: Barcelona, Spain
    Griselda Pascual was a Spanish mathematician and also a higher education teacher.

    Early life
    She was born into a family with a long artistic tradition and social concerns.
    She lived with her father who was a well known painter called Julio Pascual . She also live with her two aunts who were both school teachers and supported Griseldas health and education. Griselda. Pascual received her doctorate in exact science in 1975 and became a tenured professor of algebra at the university of Barcelona in 1985.

    Minaal and Hasbia

  12. Aisha A.

    All about François Arago
    Birthdate: February 26, 1786
    Sun Sign: Pisces
    Birthplace: Estagel
    Died: October 2, 1853
    French physicist and mathematician François Arago discovered rotatory magnetism, named Arago’s rotations. He is also remembered for his research on the wave theory of light and for the reforms he introduced aLeonardo the French minister of war and the navy. The Eiffel Tower has his name inscribed on it.
    Aisha work 👆🏻

    Leonardo Torres y Quevedo was a Spanish guy who was a mathematician and also a civil engineer.
    Birthdate: December 28, 1852
    Sun Sign: Capricorn
    Birthplace: Santa Cruz de Iguña, Spain
    Died: December 18, 1936
    Ghazals work👆🏻

  13. Elham S.

    Abraham bar Hiyya
    Birth:1070 AD
    Death: 1136 AD or 1145 AD
    Abraham birthplace: His birthplace was Barcelona,Catalonia Spain 🇪🇸.
    Abraham bar Hiyya was a Spanish Jewish mathematician and astronomer. In the Hebrew of his time ‘Ha-Nasi’ meant ‘the leader’ but he is also known by the Latin name Savasorda which comes from his ‘job description’ showing that he held an official position in the administration in Barcelona.
    He wrote the first book to introduce Islamic algebra to Europe.
    Sumaya&Elham

  14. Ismael K.

    Francois Arago:
    Francois Arago was a famous mathematician he was born on 26 February 1786 in France ,Estagel he died at 2 October 1853 in France,Paris. He married Lucie Carrier-Besombes, his children name were Emmanuel Arago and Alfred Arago.His parent were François Bonaventure and Marie Arago, Francois had four brothers, he went to a municipal college of Perpignan. Arago had succeeded in preserving the records of his survey.
    Haroon.K and Ismael.K

  15. Aro M.

    Leonardo Torres y Quevedo

    He was born on the 28th December 1852 in Santa Cruz de Iguña in Spain and died on 18 December 1936 in Madrid. He made the Whirlpool Areo Car and second Wireless remote control. His designs of airships were used in WWI.

    Aro And Tyson.

  16. Jensen C.

    Introduction,
    Leonardo Torres was a Spanish civil engineer and was born on 1852 in Santa Cruz de Iguña.
    When he finished his civil engineering studies in 1876, he decided he would work in the field of science, technology, and invention because of his passion for mathematics. He died at the old age of 83 in 1936 from natural causes.

    What is a civil engineer?
    Civil Engineers are people who plan, design, and supervise the construction and maintenance of building and infrastructure projects. These projects may include buildings, bridges, roads, tunnels and sewage systems.

  17. Muhammad R.

    Leonardo Torres y Quevedo
    Date of birth:December 28th 1852
    Place of birth: Besaya Valley Spain
    Date of death:December 18th 1936
    Job:engineer
    He invented a type of airship as he was an engineer and he also made a telekine.
    A fun fact about him is that his sun sign was a Capricorn .
    In 1912 he built the first chess playing automation.
    He died at the age of 84.

  18. Aran K.

    Leonardo Torres Quvedo

    Learnado Torres Quvedo was born on 28 December 1852 and died on 18 December 1936. Learnados sun sigh is Capricorn and was born at Besya Valley Spain.
    Learnado was a Spanish civil engineer .

    He studied high school in Bilbao and later went to Paris to the college of the Christian brothers to complete studies for two years where he met French culture customs and language and that in later years it would help him with in his scientific technical relationships with personalities.

    Learnado was a Spanish civil engineer matheticion and inventor. A prolific and vertilise invottar his fields of interest in engineering were very extensive and include mechanics aeronicts and automatics.

  19. Abdullah K.

    Jabir ibn Aflah
    Date of birth: 1100 Sevilla Spain
    Date of Death: 1150 Sevilla Spain
    Era: Islamic golden age
    Birthplace: Sevilla

    Jabir bin Aflah is a Spanish Astromoner and a very well known mathmetician
    In 🇪🇸 because all the cool 😎 invention and every one liked him very well.

  20. Malachy B.

    Birthdate_April 6, 1732
    Sun sign _ Aries
    Birthplace_Cádiz spain
    Died_ September 11, 1808

    Spanish botanist josé Celestino mutis had initially studied medicine and served as the Royal physician Ferdinand VI.
    While working in South America later, do you still need the medicinal properties of plants. He also built a massive botianical garden and penned a treatise that’s contained over 6000 illustrations of plants

  21. Abul-Qasim H.

    Abraham
    Birthdate:1070
    Birthplace:Barcelona, Spain
    Died:
    He was famous for works on astoronomy and geography

  22. Maryam I.

    Leonardo Torres y queredo
    Born: December 28 1852
    Zodiac : Capricorn
    Birth place: Santa cruz de iguana Spain
    Died: December 18 1936

    FACTS about leonardo
    He was a Spanish mathematician and civil engineer.He was also a pioneer in the development
    of a automated calculation machines and radio controls.Torres is also credited with inventing a chess automaton and the whirlpool aero car.
    Maryam
    Diana!

  23. Kanishka P.

    Juan De Herrera
    Date Of Birth: 1530
    Date Of Death:January 15, 1597☠️
    Movement/Style: Herreran Movement

    Juan De Herrera
    Was An Architect,Principal Designer of the Momentual Escorial, a Structure that expressed the ideas of imperial Spain of the 16th Century.
    After studying at the University of Valladolid, Herrera accompanied King Philip II of Spain to Italy and Brussels (1547–51) as a courtier, and from 1551 to 1559 he was with the king in Italy

  24. Yaseen Y.

    Name: François Arago
    Born: Feb,26,1786
    Place of birth: Estagel,Roussillon,France
    Awards: Cople Medal 1825

    François was a French physicist who discovered the principle of the production of magnetism by rotation of a nonmagnetic conductor.Arago was the director of the Paris Observatory and also the permanent secretary of the Academy of Sciences. François was as well asa politican he was a minister of war.

  25. Hanfaa N.

    Leonardo Torres Y Quevedo
    He was born in Santa Cruz de Iguña
    Birth date December 28 1852
    Death date December 18 1936
    He was an engineer and invented Telekine, El Ajedrecista, Astra-Torres airship.
    His dad called Luis Torres Vildósola y Urquijo was an engineer in Bilbao and he worked as a railway engineer.
    His mum called Valentina Quevedo de la Maza she was married in 1885 and had 8 children!
    Hanfaa & Nuha

  26. Rhia H.

    Leanardo Torres y Quevedo~

    Leanardo was an engineer from the 1800s! He was born on December 28 1852 and he passed away on December 18 1936! He was born in Besaya Valley in Spain,and his star sign is Capricorn.
    He invented the Telekine the Astra-Torres airship and the El Ajedrecista!

    -Ramarni and Rhia

  27. Mohamed E.

    François Arago:
    Birthdate: February 26, 1786
    Sun Sign: Pisces
    Birthplace: Estagel
    Died: October 2, 1853
    French physicist and mathematician François Arago discovered rotatory magnetism, named Arago’s rotations. He is also remembered for his research on the wave theory of light and for the reforms he introduced as the French minister of war and the navy. The Eiffel Tower has his name inscribed on it.

    Zeyd & Mohamed

  28. Yunus R.

    From abdulahi and yunus

  29. Tana I.

    Francois Arago
    Born:26 Febuary 1786
    Sun Sign:Pisces
    Birthplace:Estagel
    Died:2O October 1853

    Francois Arago discovered rotatory magnetism,named Arago’s rotations.
    -By Tana and Aalya👍

  30. Yedullah S.

    Francios Arago was born on 1786 26th February in Estagel and he died on October 2, 1853 because Arago was advised by his physicians to try the effect of his native air but this did not work so he died.
    His sun sign is Pisces.
    François Arago discovered rotatory magnetism which is also called Arago’s rotations and he was also an astronomer, mathematician, physicist, politician, scientist and university teacher.

    By Yedullah and Aarav.

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