MUSLIM SCIENTISTS
Before European Renaissance, 700 - 1500 C.E.
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Jabir Ibn Haiyan (Geber)
Chemistry (Father of Chemistry)
Died 803 C.E.
Al-Asmai
Zoology, Botany, Animal Husbandry.
740 - 828
Al-Khwarizmi (Algorizm)
Mathematics, Astronomy, Geography. (Algorithm, Algebra, calculus)
770 - 840
'Amr ibn Bahr Al-Jahiz
Zoology, Arabic Grammar, Rhetoric, Lexicography
776 - 868
Ibn Ishaq Al-Kindi (Alkindus)
Philosophy, Physics, Optics, Medicine, Mathematics, Metallurgy.
800 - 873
Thabit Ibn Qurrah (Thebit)
Astronomy, Mechanics, Geometry, Anatomy.
836 - 901
'Abbas Ibn Firnas
Mechanics of Flight, Planetarium, Artificial Crystals.
Died 888
Ali Ibn Rabban Al-Tabari
Medicine, Mathematics, Caligraphy, Literature.
838 - 870
Al-Battani (Albategnius)
Astronomy, mathematics, Trigonometry.
858 - 929
Al-Farghani (Al-Fraganus)
Astronomy, Civil Engineering.
C. 860
Al-Razi (Rhazes)
Medicine, Ophthalmology, Smallpox, Chemistry, Astronomy.
864 - 930
Al-Farabi (Al-Pharabius)
Sociology, Logic, Philosophy, Political Science, Music.
870 - 950
Abul Hasan Ali Al-Masu'di
Geography, History.
Died 957
Al-Sufi (Azophi)
Astronomy
903 - 986
Abu Al-Qasim Al-Zahravi (Albucasis)
Surgery, Medicine. (Father of Modern Surgery)
936 - 1013
Muhammad Al-Buzjani
Mathematics, Astronomy, Geometry, Trigonometry.
940 - 997
Ibn Al-Haitham (Alhazen)
Physics, Optics, Mathematics.
965 - 1040
Al-Mawardi (Alboacen)
Political Science, Sociology, Jurisprudence, Ethics.
972 - 1058
Abu Raihan Al-Biruni
Astronomy, Mathematics. (Determined Earth's Circumference)
973-1048
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
Medicine, Philosophy, Mathematics, Astronomy.
981 - 1037
Al-Zarqali (Arzachel)
Astronomy (Invented Astrolabe).
1028 - 1087
Omar Al-Khayyam
Mathematics, Poetry.
1044 - 1123
Al-Ghazali (Algazel)
Sociology, Theology, Philosophy.
1058 - 1111 Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Yahya (Ibn Bajjah)
Philosophy, Medicine, Mathematics, Astronomy, Poetry, Music.
1106 - 1138
Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar)
Surgery, Medicine.
1091 - 1161
Al-Idrisi (Dreses)
Geography (World Map, First Globe).
1099 - 1166
Ibn Tufayl, Abdubacer
Philosophy, Medicine, Poetry.
1110 - 1185
Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
Philosophy, Law, Medicine, Astronomy, Theology.
1128 - 1198
Al-Bitruji (Alpetragius)
Astronomy
Died 1204
Ibn Al-Baitar
Pharmacy, Botany
Died 1248
Nasir Al-Din Al-Tusi
Astronomy, Non-Euclidean Geometry.
1201 - 1274
Jalal Al-Din Rumi
Sociology
1207 - 1273
Ibn Al-Nafis Damishqui
Anatomy
1213 - 1288
Al-Fida (Abdulfeda)
Astronomy, Geography, History.
1273 - 1331
Muhammad Ibn Abdullah (Ibn Battuta)
World Traveler. 75,000 mile voyage from Morocco to China and back.
1304 - 1369
Ibn Khaldun
Sociology, Philosophy of History, Political Science.
1332 - 1395
Ulugh Beg
Astronomy
1393 - 1449