The terminology of algebraic geometry changed drastically with the introduction of the general methods, initiated by a mathematician of German nationality.
The terminology of algebraic geometry changed drastically during the twentieth century, with the introduction of the general methods, initiated by David Hilbert and the Italian school of algebraic geometry in the beginning of the century, and later formalized by Andr Weil, Serre and Grothendieck. 
David Hilbert (] ; 23 January 1862  14 February 1943) was a German mathematician. 
