Omar Khayyam vs Peter Abelard
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Compare the life timelines of Omar Khayyam (1048–1131) and Peter Abelard (1079–1142) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 52 years, from 1079 to 1131.
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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
Peter Abelard (1079–1142)
- — Born in Le Pallet, near Nantes, Brittany Verified
- — Moved to Paris to study under William of Champeaux Verified
- — Founded his own schools at Melun and Corbeil Verified
- — Love affair and secret marriage with Héloïse Verified
- — Became master of the cloister school of Notre-Dame in Paris Verified
- — Became a monk at the abbey of Saint-Denis Verified
- — Condemned at the Council of Soissons Verified
- — Founded the oratory of the Paraclete Verified
- — Returned to teach in Paris and wrote major works Verified
- — Condemned at the Council of Sens after opposition from Bernard of Clairvaux Verified
- — Died at the priory of Saint-Marcel, near Chalon-sur-Saône Verified