Leonardo Fibonacci
c. 1170–c. 1250
Italian who popularized Hindu-Arabic numerals in Europe.
Leonardo Fibonacci (c. 1170–c. 1250) was a mathematician, born and died in Pisa.
- Known as
- Mathematician
- Category
- Scientists & Inventors
- Born
- c. 1170, Pisa
- Died
- c. 1250, Pisa
Alive at the same time as Leonardo Fibonacci
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Portrait: Unknown, Public domain.
