Michael Scot
Scottish mathematician and scholar (1175–c.1232) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[1]
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Born | Michael Scot 1175 |
Died | c. 1232 |
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Fields | Mathematics, astrology, alchemy |
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