Ibn al-Nafis
Polymath
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ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī Ḥazm al-Qarashī, known as Ibn al-Nafīs, was an Arab polymath whose areas of work included medicine, surgery, physiology, anatomy, biology, Islamic studies, jurisprudence, and philosophy. He is known for being... Wikipedia
Born: 1213, Damascus, Syria
Died: December 17, 1288 (age 75 years), Cairo, Egypt
Influenced by: Ibn Sina, Muhammad, Abu Bakr al-Razi, and more
Full name: Ala-al-din abu Al-Hassan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qarshi al-Dimashqi
Creed: Ash'ari
Jurisprudence: Shafi'i