Jābir ibn Hayyān (جابر بن حيان) Abū Mūsā Jābir ibn Ḥayyān, (born c. 721, Ṭūs, Iran—died c. 815, Al’ Kūfah, Iraq), alchemist known as the father of chemistry. He systematized a “quantitative” analysis of substances and was the inspiration for Geber, a Latin alchemist who developed an important corpuscular theory of matter. (www.britannica.com)Jābir ibn Hayyān (جابر بن حيان) Abū Mūsā Jābir ibn Ḥayyān, (born c. 721, Ṭūs, Iran—died c. 815, Al’ Kūfah, Iraq), alchemist known as the father of chemistry. He systematized a “quantitative” analysis of substances and was the inspiration for Geber, a Latin alchemist who developed an important corpuscular theory of matter. (www.britannica.com)...more