Anselm of Canterbury vs Omar Khayyam
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Compare the life timelines of Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109) and Omar Khayyam (1048–1131) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 61 years, from 1048 to 1109.
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Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109)
- — Born in Aosta, in the Kingdom of Burgundy Verified
- — Entered the Benedictine abbey of Bec in Normandy Verified
- — Became prior of Bec Verified
- — Wrote the Monologion Verified
- — Wrote the Proslogion, containing the ontological argument Verified
- — Elected abbot of Bec Verified
- — Consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury Verified
- — First exile and completion of Cur Deus Homo Verified
- — Second exile during the investiture controversy Verified
- — Died at Canterbury Verified
Omar Khayyam (1048–1131)
- — Birth of Omar Khayyam in Nishapur Verified
- — Education in the sciences and philosophy in Khorasan Verified
- — Move to Samarkand under the patronage of the chief judge Verified
- — Completion of the Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra Verified
- — Invited to Isfahan by Sultan Malik-Shah to lead an observatory Verified
- — Introduction of the Jalali calendar reform Verified
- — Return to Nishapur after the decline of court patronage Verified
- — Composition of the quatrains later known as the Rubaiyat
- — Death of Omar Khayyam in Nishapur Verified