Ishaq ibn Hunayn
Ishaq Ibn Hunayn | |
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Born | 830 Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate, now Iraq |
Died | 910 (aged 80) Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate, now Iraq |
Occupation | Mathematician, Translator |
Notable works | Translation of Euclid's Elemens, Translation of Ptolemy's Almagest |
Years active | 850– 910 |
Abū Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn (Arabic: إسحاق بن حنين) (c. 830 Baghdad, – c. 910-1) was an influential Arab physician and translator, known for writing the first biography of physicians in the Arabic language. He is also known for his translations of Euclid's Elements and Ptolemy's Almagest. He is the son of the famous translator Hunayn Ibn Ishaq.
References[]
- Cooper, Glen M. (2007). "Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn: Abū Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al‐ʿIbādī". In Thomas Hockey; et al. (eds.). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer. p. 578. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. (PDF version)
- Shehaby, Nabil (1970). "Isḥāq Ibn Ḥunayn, Abū Ya'qūb". Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Encyclopedia.com.
See also[]
- Hunayn ibn Ishaq, his father.
- List of Muslim scientists and scholars
Categories:
- Arab Muslim historians of Islam
- 830s births
- 910 deaths
- 9th-century Arabs
- 10th-century Arabs
- Physicians of medieval Islam
- Mathematicians of medieval Islam
- Greek–Arabic translators
- Medieval Arab physicians
- Medieval Iraqi physicians
- Medieval Arab mathematicians
- Medieval Iraqi mathematicians
- 9th-century physicians
- Converts to Islam
- 9th-century people of the Abbasid Caliphate