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Avempace

1080 - 1138

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Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyà ibn aṣ-Ṣā’igh at-Tūjībī ibn Bājja (Arabic: أبو بكر محمد بن يحيى بن الصائغ التجيبي بن باجة), best known by his Latinised name Avempace (; c. 1085 – 1138), was an Andalusi polymath, whose writings include works regarding astronomy, physics, and music, as well as philosophy, medicine, botany, and poetry. He was the author of the Kitāb an-Nabāt ("The Book of Plants"), a popular work on botany, which defined the sex of plants. His philosophical theories influenced the work of Ibn Rushd (Averroes) and Albertus Magnus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Avempace has received more than 219,102 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Avempace is the 22nd most popular astronomer (up from 29th in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 136th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Astronomer.

Avempace is most famous for his philosophical work, The Incoherence of the Philosophers.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Avempace ranks 22 out of 644. Before him are Aryabhata, Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Charles Messier, and Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers. After him are Edmond Halley, Roger Joseph Boscovich, Charles Greeley Abbot, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Giuseppe Piazzi, and Robert Luther.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1080, Avempace ranks 2. Before him is Pope Eugene III. After him are Suger, Norbert of Xanten, Isidore the Laborer, Theresa, Countess of Portugal, Matilda of Scotland, Margaret Fredkulla, Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan, Sanai, Abu Hamid al-Gharnati, and Raymond du Puy. Among people deceased in 1138, Avempace ranks 1. After him are Bolesław III Wrymouth, Antipope Anacletus II, Irene Doukaina, Ar-Rashid, Kiya Buzurg-Ummid, Moses ibn Ezra, and Vsevolod of Pskov.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Avempace ranks 92 out of 3,355. Before him are Al-Zahrawi (936), Magnus Maximus (335), Isaac Albéniz (1860), Pablo Casals (1876), Peter III of Aragon (1239), and José Ortega y Gasset (1883). After him are Ibn Tufail (1110), Dolores Ibárruri (1895), Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (1549), Blanche of Castile (1188), Vincent of Saragossa (300), and Baltasar Gracián (1601).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Spain

Among astronomers born in Spain, Avempace ranks 1. After him are Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (1029), Maslama al-Majriti (950), Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji (1200), Antonio de Ulloa (1716), Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi (1220), and Josep Comas i Solà (1868).

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