(Ῥαζῆς), the author of a Greek medical treatise Περὶ Λοιμικῆς, which was published at the end of Alexander Trallianus, 1548, fol. Lutet. Paris. ex offic. Rob. Stephani. His real name is Abú Becr Mohammed Ibn Zacaríyá Ar-Razi, who was born (as his name implies) at Rai, a town in the north of 'Irák 'Ajemi, near Chorásán, probably about the middle of the ninth century after Christ ; and died either A. H. 311 (A. D. 923, 924), or perhaps, more probably A. H. 320 (A. D. 932).
[W.A.G]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890