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Plato Tiburtinus

1110 - 1145

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Plato Tiburtinus (Latin: Plato Tiburtinus, "Plato of Tivoli"; fl. 12th century) was a 12th-century Italian mathematician, astronomer and translator who lived in Barcelona from 1116 to 1138. He is best known for translating Hebrew and Arabic documents into Latin, and was apparently the first to translate information on the astrolabe (an astronomical instrument) from Arabic. Plato of Tivoli translated the Arab astrologer Albohali's "Book of Birth" into Latin in 1136. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Plato Tiburtinus is the 586th most popular mathematician (down from 372nd in 2019), the 2,988th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,268th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Italian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Plato Tiburtinus ranks 586 out of 1,004. Before him are Johannes de Muris, Thomas Wright, Ahmad ibn Yusuf, Stanisław Leśniewski, Ulisse Dini, and Jacques Pelletier du Mans. After him are Grégoire de Saint-Vincent, Lipót Fejér, Johann Radon, Joseph Valentin Boussinesq, Bernt Michael Holmboe, and Chen Jingrun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1110, Plato Tiburtinus ranks 24. Before him are Abraham ibn Daud, Bertha of Sulzbach, Boril of Bulgaria, Euphrosyne of Polotsk, Henry II, Duke of Limburg, and Aelred of Rievaulx. After him is Alice of Antioch. Among people deceased in 1145, Plato Tiburtinus ranks 7. Before him are Pope Lucius II, Gallus Anonymus, Abraham bar Hiyya, Zhang Zeduan, Tashfin ibn Ali, and Uroš I, Grand Prince of Serbia. After him is Cecile of France.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Plato Tiburtinus ranks 2,988 out of 5,161. Before him are Ulisse Dini (1845), Vincenzo Carafa (1594), Giuseppe Volpi (1877), Filippo Turati (1857), Aristotele Fioravanti (1415), and Giuseppe Gazzaniga (1743). After him are Angelo Moriondo (1851), Nicola Rizzoli (1971), Franca Raimondi (1932), Giuliano Montaldo (1930), Alessandro Pirzio Biroli (1877), and Pietro Grasso (1945).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Plato Tiburtinus ranks 46. Before him are Campanus of Novara (1210), Guidobaldo del Monte (1545), Pietro Mengoli (1626), Giovanni Battista Zupi (1589), Gino Fano (1871), and Ulisse Dini (1845). After him are Giacomo F. Maraldi (1665), Francesco Faà di Bruno (1825), Luigi Bianchi (1856), Beppo Levi (1875), Federico Commandino (1509), and Tommaso Ceva (1648).

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