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Avicenna
Born: c.Ibn sina contribution980 in Afshana near Bukhara (capital of the Samanid Empire), in present-day Uzbekistan |
| Died: June 1037 (at age 56-57) in Hamadan, Persia |
| Nationality: Persian |
| Fields: Medicine, philosophy, logic, Islamic theology, physics, poetry, science |
| Famous For: writing nearly 450 treatises on many subjects |
Avicenna, also known as Ibn-Sina, was not only a philosopher, but also a physician, astronomer, and poet.
His most famous work was his Canon of Medicine, which was used as a medical text for over 600 years. In this work, he described lockjaw, pleurisy, oral anesthetics, animal experimentation and malaria therapy. He also wrote more than 60 books on theology and philosophy.
Early Life and Education
Avicenna was born near Bokhara, a city in central Asia that is now part of Uzbekistan and was then part of the Persian-Samanid Empire.
The Samanids enthusiastically supported the arts and sciences in the areas where they ruled. Avicenna’s f