Jabir ibn Hayyan جابِر بِن حَيّان

Jabir ibn Hayyan was one of the most well known Muslim Scholar, scientist and writers in Islamic Golden period.

Full Name: Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan

Arabic: أَبو موسى جابِر بِن حَيّان

Born: 721 AD

Origin: Kufa (Iraq) / Tus (Iran)

Died: 806-816 A.D.

Famous for: Alchemy, Chemistry, Magic, and Shi’ite religious philosophy

Contributions:

Oldest known systematic classification of chemical substances

The oldest known instructions for deriving an inorganic compound

His works also contain one of the earliest known versions of the sulfur-mercury theory of metals

Science of the balance, science of artificial generation

Articles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabir_ibn_Hayyan 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abu-Musa-Jabir-ibn-Hayyan

https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666181/

Books attributed to Jabir ibn Hayyan