Mathematician:Gerard of Cremona

Mathematician
Italian scholar whose calling was to translate Arabic scientific and mathematical papers into Latin, many of which themselves were translations of works originally written in Greek.

Some sources credit him for the mistranslation that led to the word sine, but this may be more reliably attributed to, who appears to be earlier.

Nationality
Italian

History

 * Born: 1114 in Cremona, Italy
 * Died: 1187 in Toledo, Spain

Translations

 * 's
 * ' On the Measurement of the Circle
 * 's On the Heavens


 * On Algebra and Almucabala, from 's
 * 's Elementa Astronomica

Also known as
His name is sometimes rendered Gherard or Gerhard.