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Ishaq ibn Hunayn

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Name
  
Ishaq Hunayn

Era
  
Islamic Golden Age

Education
  
House of Wisdom


Died
  
873 AD, Baghdad, Iraq

Role
  
Physician

Children
  
Ishaq ibn Hunayn

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Books
  
Hunain Ibn Ishaq's "Questions on Medicine for Students": Transcription and Translation of the Oldest Extant Syriac Version (Vat. Syr. 192)

Main interests
  
Translation, Ophthalmology, Philosophy, Religion, Arabic grammar

Abū Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn (Arabic: إسحاق بن حنين‎‎) (c. 830 Baghdad, – c. 910-1) was an influential 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

Ishaq ibn Hunayn Wikipedia


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