Omar Khayyam is famous as a poet, astronomer and mathematician - he
was one of the greatest mathematicians of the Middle Ages. He was
born near Nishapur in north-east Persia and is thought to have died
in approximately 1122.
John Heath-Stubbs published several volumes of poetry, including
Collected Poems 1988. He also translated poetry, including
Leopardi. He edited selections of Swift, Shelley, TEnnyson and
Pope, as well as various anthologies. He received the Queen's Gold
Medal for Poetry in 1973 and the OBE in 1989 for services to
literature.
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