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Michael Scot

1175 - 1232

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Michael Scot (Latin: Michael Scotus; 1175 – c. 1232) was a Scottish mathematician and scholar in the Middle Ages. He was educated at Oxford and Paris, and worked in Bologna and Toledo, where he learned Arabic. His patron was Frederick II of the Holy Roman Empire and Scot served as science adviser and court astrologer to him. Scot translated Averroes and was the greatest public intellectual of his day. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Scot is the 33rd most popular occultist (down from 24th in 2019), the 1,940th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,248th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Occultist.

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Among OCCULTISTS

Among occultists, Michael Scot ranks 33 out of 41. Before him are Alice Bailey, Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels, Stanislas de Guaita, Charles Webster Leadbeater, Joséphin Péladan, and Franz Bardon. After him are Algernon Blackwood, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, Dion Fortune, Israel Regardie, Sergey Oldenburg, and Otto Witte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1175, Michael Scot ranks 12. Before him are Agnes of Merania, Comtessa de Dia, Robert Grosseteste, Albert I, Duke of Saxony, Alexander of Hales, and Margaret of Hungary. After him are Roger III of Sicily, and Frederick I, Duke of Austria. Among people deceased in 1232, Michael Scot ranks 5. Before him are Tolui, Peire de Montagut, Rudolf II, Count of Habsburg, and Idris al-Ma'mun.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Scot ranks 1,940 out of 8,785. Before him are Princess Mary of Great Britain (1723), Thomas Wyatt (1503), Robert Filmer (1588), Samantha Fox (1966), Colin Wilson (1931), and Edward L. G. Bowell (1943). After him are Ine of Wessex (700), Matthew Arnold (1822), Edward FitzGerald (1809), Rick Astley (1966), William George Horner (1786), and Bertram Ramsay (1883).

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Among OCCULTISTS In United Kingdom

Among occultists born in United Kingdom, Michael Scot ranks 8. Before him are John Dee (1527), Edward Kelley (1555), Robert Fludd (1574), Elias Ashmole (1617), Alice Bailey (1880), and Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854). After him are Algernon Blackwood (1869), Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854), Dion Fortune (1890), and Israel Regardie (1907).

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