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Abu Musa Jābir ibn Hayyān (Persian: جابر ابن حیان) (born c. 721 in Tus, Iran–died c. 815 in Kufa)[2], known by his Latinized name Geber, a prominent Persian and Muslim polymath: a chemist and alchemist, astronomer and astrologer, engineer, geologist, philosopher, physicist, and pharmacist and physician. He is considered by many to be one of the fathers of chemistry".[3] His ethnic background is not clear;[4] although some sources state that he was an Arab[5] other sources introduce him as Persian[6].