Gerald J. Toomer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gerald J. Toomer

British historian

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1934

Place of Birth: Aldershot, England, United Kingdom

Profession: mathematician, university teacher, historian of mathematics

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Gerald James Toomer (born 23 November 1934) is a historian of astronomy and mathematics who has written numerous books and papers on ancient Greek and medieval Islamic astronomy.
In particular, he translated Ptolemy's Almagest into English. Formerly a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, he moved to Brown University as a special student in 1959 to study "the history of mathematics in antiquity and the transmission of these systems through Arabic into medieval Europe." He joined the History of Mathematics department in 1963, became an associate professor in 1965, and was the chairman from 1980 to 1986.