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The traditional father of Geometry is the Greek mathematician, Diophantus. In recent times, a push has been made to recognize the Arabic mathematician al-Khwarizmi, founder of al-jabr, as the progenitor of algebra.
It was the Persian mathematician, Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī.
In the context where algebra is identified with the theory of equations, the Greek mathematician Diophantus has traditionally been known as the "father of algebra" but in more recent times there is much debate over whether al-Khwarizmi, who founded the discipline of al-jabr, deserves that title instead.
The person who developed algebra was famous Muslim mathematician Al-Khawarizmi. He is know as the "father" of algebra, and lived during the Golden Age of Islamic civilization during the Abbasid Dynasty.
The Greek mathematician Diophantus has traditionally been known as the "father of algebra", but in more recent times there is much debate over whetherMuhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi deserves that title instead. -Wikipedia