Thabit ibn Qurra
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Thabit ibn Qurra was a 9th-century Arab mathematician, astronomer, and physician renowned for his contributions to geometry, number theory, and the preservation and expansion of Greek scientific works in the Islamic Golden Age.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thabit ibn Qurra canonical | 3 |
| Ibn Qurra | 1 |
| Thabit ibn Qurra ibn Marwan al-Harrani | 1 |
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomer
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engineer ⓘ mathematician ⓘ medieval scientist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ physician ⓘ polymath ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Banu Musa brothers ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 826 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Harran
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Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| century | 9th century ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of algebra
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development of integral calculus ideas ⓘ preservation of Hellenistic science ⓘ |
| culture |
Arabs
ⓘ
surface form:
Arab
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| deathDate | 901 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Baghdad ⓘ |
| developed | formula for generating amicable numbers ⓘ |
| era | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Sabian ⓘ |
| field |
astronomy
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mathematics ⓘ mechanics ⓘ medicine ⓘ optics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| fullName |
Thabit ibn Qurra
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Thabit ibn Qurra ibn Marwan al-Harrani
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| influenced |
Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)
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surface form:
Ibn al-Haytham
Omar Khayyam ⓘ Al-Biruni ⓘ
surface form:
al-Biruni
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| influencedBy |
Archimedes
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Euclid ⓘ Claudius Ptolemaeus ⓘ
surface form:
Ptolemy
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| knownFor |
commentaries on Euclid
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commentaries on Ptolemy ⓘ contributions to astronomy ⓘ contributions to geometry ⓘ contributions to number theory ⓘ generalization of Pythagorean theorem ⓘ reform of the Ptolemaic system ⓘ theory of amicable numbers ⓘ translation of Greek scientific works ⓘ work on conic sections ⓘ work on parabolas ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
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Greek ⓘ Syriac ⓘ |
| name | Thabit ibn Qurra self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Book on the Motion of the Celestial Spheres
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Book on the Solar Year ⓘ On the Composition of Ratios ⓘ |
| occupation |
court astronomer
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court physician ⓘ |
| patron |
al-Mu'tadid
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surface form:
Caliph al-Mu'tadid
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| region | Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ |
| religion | Sabianism ⓘ |
| studied |
irrational numbers
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planetary motions ⓘ the theory of parallels ⓘ |
| translatedFrom | Greek ⓘ |
| translatedInto | Arabic ⓘ |
| workedAt | House of Wisdom ⓘ |
| workedIn | Baghdad ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ibn Qurra
this entity surface form:
Thabit ibn Qurra ibn Marwan al-Harrani