Ishaq ibn Hunayn

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Ishaq ibn Hunayn was a 9th-century Abbasid-era physician, translator, and mathematician known for his Arabic translations and commentaries on Greek scientific and philosophical works.

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instanceOf mathematician
medieval scholar
person
physician
translator
countryOfCitizenship Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED
culture Abbasid NERFINISHED
era 9th century
Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Arabs
surface form: Arab
father Hunayn ibn Ishaq NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork astronomy
mathematics
medicine
philosophy
translation of Greek works
givenName Ishaq NERFINISHED
influencedBy Aristotle
Euclid NERFINISHED
Galen NERFINISHED
Hunayn ibn Ishaq NERFINISHED
Ptolemy NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
languagesSpokenWritten Arabic
Greek
Syriac NERFINISHED
memberOf House of Wisdom NERFINISHED
movement Graeco-Arabic translation movement
name Ishaq ibn Hunayn NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Arabic
notableFor commentaries on Greek mathematics and astronomy
translating Greek scientific texts into Arabic
notableWork Arabic translation of Euclid's Elements
Arabic translation of Ptolemy's Almagest
Arabic translation of works of Aristotle
Arabic translation of works of Galen
commentaries on Euclid
commentaries on Ptolemy
occupation astronomer
mathematician
philosopher
physician
translator
partOf Abbasid intellectual tradition
patronymic ibn Hunayn NERFINISHED
placeOfActivity Baghdad NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
workLocation Baghdad NERFINISHED

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