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Ibn al-Baitar

1197 - 1248

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Diyāʾ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Mālaqī, commonly known as Ibn al-Bayṭār (Arabic: ابن البيطار) (1197–1248 AD) was an Andalusian Arab physician, botanist, pharmacist and scientist. His main contribution was to systematically record the additions made by Islamic physicians in the Middle Ages, which added between 300 and 400 types of medicine to the one thousand previously known since antiquity. He was a student of Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ibn al-Baitar is the 148th most popular biologist (down from 80th in 2019), the 286th most popular biography from Spain (down from 230th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Biologist.

Ibn al-Baitar was a 12th century physician and botanist who wrote the Book of Simple Drugs. He is most famous for his work on drugs and plants.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Ibn al-Baitar ranks 148 out of 1,097. Before him are Edward B. Lewis, Aimé Bonpland, Daniel Nathans, Charles Scott Sherrington, E. O. Wilson, and Gabriele Falloppio. After him are Johan Christian Fabricius, Félix d'Herelle, Howard Martin Temin, Joshua Lederberg, Bernard Katz, and Thomas Huckle Weller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1197, Ibn al-Baitar ranks 2. Before him is Aybak. After him are Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse, Yolanda of Courtenay, Emperor Juntoku, Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy, Yusuf II, Almohad caliph, Mafalda of Portugal, Al-Shadhili, Agnes of Assisi, Richard of Chichester, and Nikephoros Blemmydes. Among people deceased in 1248, Ibn al-Baitar ranks 5. Before him are Güyük Khan, Shams Tabrizi, Subutai, and Sancho II of Portugal. After him are Al-Adil II, Henry II, Duke of Brabant, Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen, Otto III, Count of Burgundy, Andronikos Palaiologos, Abu al-Hasan as-Said al-Mutadid, and Hugh I, Count of Blois.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ibn al-Baitar ranks 286 out of 3,355. Before him are Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca (1782), Ruy López de Segura (1530), Ibn Jubayr (1145), Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (1460), Ferdinand II of León (1137), and Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488). After him are Rafael Nadal (1986), Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436), Urraca of León (1081), Ildefons Cerdà (1815), Muhammad I of Córdoba (823), and Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Spain

Among biologists born in Spain, Ibn al-Baitar ranks 2. Before him are Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852). After him are Antonio José Cavanilles (1745), Francisco Manuel Blanco (1778), Francisco J. Ayala (1934), José Antonio Pavón Jiménez (1754), Francisco Hernández de Toledo (1515), Hipólito Ruiz López (1754), Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati (1166), and Ángel Cabrera (1879).

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