List of Famous people with last name Chester
John Chester
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Ellen Charlotte Chester
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Robert of Chester
Robert of Chester was an English Arabist of the 12th century. He translated several historically important books from Arabic to Latin, such as:
- The Book of the Composition of Alchemy : translated in 1144, this was the first book on alchemy to become available in Europe
- The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing : Al-Khwārizmī's book about algebra, translated in 1145
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