Scientists of the Middle Ages
The atlas holds 10 people and 211 moments here, from 780 to 1452. The most recorded lives are Ibn Battuta, Dante Alighieri and Avicenna.
Notable people
Ibn Battuta
from 1304 to 1369
113 moments here
Maghrebi Muslim jurist, traveller, explorer, and author from Tangier. Between 1325 and 1354 he journeyed through North and East Africa, the Middle…
Dante Alighieri
from 1265 to 1321
26 moments here
Florentine poet, prose writer, philosopher, and statesman whose Divine Comedy became a foundational work of Italian and European literature.…
Avicenna
from 980 to 1037
17 moments here
Ibn Sina (Avicenna; c. 980–22 June 1037) was a Persian philosopher, physician, and court official.…
Geoffrey Chaucer
from 1359 to 1400
16 moments here
English poet, courtier, diplomat, and civil servant, best known for The Canterbury Tales. His documented career included military service in France,…
Ibn Khaldun
from 1332 to 1406
15 moments here
Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) was a Tunis-born historian, jurist, political official, teacher, and author of the Muqaddimah.…
Al-Biruni
from 973 to 1048
9 moments here
Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni was a Khwarazmian polymath whose documented movements connect Kath and Khwarazm, Bukhara, Gurgan, Gurganj,…
Averroes
from 1126 to 1182
6 moments here
Averroes, also known as Ibn Rushd, was an Andalusian jurist, physician, philosopher, and commentator on Aristotle.…
Omar Khayyam
from 1048 to 1131
5 moments here
Persian polymath, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet. The securely dated portions of his documented life place him in Nishapur,…
Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
from 780 to 825
3 moments here
Persian mathematician, astronomer, geographer, and author active under the Abbasid caliphs. Biographical evidence is exceptionally sparse and his…
Leonardo da Vinci
in 1452
1 moment here
Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…
Moments
- 780 Born in Khwarazm Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
- 820 Works at the House of Wisdom Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
- 825 Writes his algebra in Baghdad Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
- 973 Birth at Kath Al-Biruni
- 980 Birth at Afshana Avicenna
- 995 Samanid patronage in Bukhara Al-Biruni
- 997 Lunar-eclipse observation at Kath Al-Biruni
- 999 Departure from Bukhara Avicenna
- 999 Service at Gurganj Avicenna
- 1003 Court of Qabus at Gurgan Al-Biruni
- 1004 Lunar-eclipse observation at Jurjaniyya Al-Biruni
- 1009 Adviser at the Ma'munid court Al-Biruni
- 1012 Westward journey through Abiward Avicenna
- 1012 Westward journey through Jajarm Avicenna
- 1012 Westward journey through Nasa Avicenna
- 1012 Westward journey through Samangan Avicenna
- 1012 Westward journey through Tus Avicenna
- 1013 Arrival and residence at Gorgan Avicenna
- 1014 Court service at Ray Avicenna
- 1015 Arrival and vizierate at Hamadan Avicenna
- 1015 Journey from Ray to Qazvin Avicenna
- 1017 Residence and research in the Indian subcontinent Al-Biruni
- 1017 Taken to Ghazni Al-Biruni
- 1023 Imprisonment at Fardajan Avicenna
- 1024 Settlement at Isfahan Avicenna
- 1030 Refuge in Khuzistan during Ghaznavid occupation Avicenna
- 1037 Campaign near Isfahan Avicenna
- 1037 Death and burial at Hamadan Avicenna
- 1048 Birth in Nishapur Omar Khayyam
- 1048 Death at Ghazni Al-Biruni
- 1068 Library visit in Bukhara Omar Khayyam
- 1070 Move to Samarkand Omar Khayyam
- 1074 Observatory work in Isfahan Omar Khayyam
- 1126 Birth in Córdoba Averroes
- 1131 Death in Nishapur Omar Khayyam
- 1153 Astronomical observations in Marrakesh Averroes
- 1169 Appointment as qadi in Seville Averroes
- 1171 Judicial office in Córdoba Averroes
- 1179 Second appointment as qadi in Seville Averroes
- 1182 Court physician at Marrakesh Averroes
- 1265 Born in Florence Dante Alighieri
- 1283 Exchanged greetings with Beatrice in Florence Dante Alighieri
- 1287 Probable stay in Bologna Dante Alighieri
- 1289 Fought at Campaldino Dante Alighieri
- 1289 Witnessed Caprona's capitulation Dante Alighieri
- 1290 Studied at Santa Maria Novella Dante Alighieri
- 1294 Met Charles Martel in Florence Dante Alighieri
- 1300 Observed Jubilee crowds in Rome Dante Alighieri
- 1300 Embassy to San Gimignano Dante Alighieri
- 1300 Resided in the Palazzo della Signoria as prior Dante Alighieri