Ishaq ibn Hunayn explained

Ishaq Ibn Hunayn
Birth Date:830
Birth Place:Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate, now Iraq
Death Date:910 (aged 80)
Death Place:Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate, now Iraq
Occupation:Mathematician, Translator
Notableworks:Translation of Euclid's Elements,
Translation of Ptolemy's Almagest
Years Active:850– 910

Abū Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn (Arabic: إسحاق بن حنين) (c. 830 Baghdad, – c. 910-1) was an influential Arab physician and translator, known for writing the first biography of physicians in the Arabic language. He is also known for his translations of Euclid's Elements and Ptolemy's Almagest. He is the son of the famous translator Hunayn Ibn Ishaq.

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