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Avempace

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Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyà ibn aṣ-Ṣā’igh at-Tūjībī ibn Bājja (Arabic: أبو بكر محمد بن يحيى بن الصائغ التجيبي بن باجة), known simply as Ibn Bajja (Arabic: ابن باجة) or his Latinized name Avempace (; c. 1085 – 1138), was an Arab polymath, whose writings include works regarding astronomy, physics, and music, as well as philosophy, medicine, botany, and poetry. He was the author of the Kitāb an-Nabāt ("The Book of Plants"), a popular work on botany, which defined the sex of plants. His philosophical theories influenced the work of Ibn Rushd (Averroes) and Albertus Magnus. Most of his writings and books were not completed (or well-organized) due to his early death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Avempace is the 21st most popular astronomer (up from 22nd in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 92nd in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Astronomer.

Avempace is most famous for his philosophical work, The Incoherence of the Philosophers.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Avempace ranks 21 out of 644. Before him are Edwin Hubble, Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, Ole Rømer, Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., and Carl Sagan. After him are Aryabhata, Caroline Herschel, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Charles Messier, and Giuseppe Piazzi.

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Among people born in 1080, Avempace ranks 2. Before him is Pope Eugene III. After him are Suger, Norbert of Xanten, Isidore the Laborer, Theresa, Countess of Portugal, Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan, Matilda of Scotland, Raymond du Puy, Sanai, Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, and Abu Hamid al-Gharnati. Among people deceased in 1138, Avempace ranks 1. After him are Bolesław III Wrymouth, Antipope Anacletus II, Ar-Rashid, Irene Doukaina, Kiya Buzurg-Ummid, Moses ibn Ezra, and Vsevolod of Pskov.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Avempace ranks 82 out of 3,355. Before him are Joan Enric Vives Sicília (1949), Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (1549), Francisco Gento (1933), Alfonso X of Castile (1221), Maria Anna of Spain (1606), and Amancio Ortega (1936). After him are Ibn Tufail (1110), Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784), Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548), Muhammad XII of Granada (1459), Abbas ibn Firnas (810), and Roderic (688).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Spain

Among astronomers born in Spain, Avempace ranks 1. After him are Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (1029), Maslama al-Majriti (950), Antonio de Ulloa (1716), Josep Comas i Solà (1868), Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji (1200), and Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi (1220).

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