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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 199,588 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Avempace is the 29th most popular astronomer (down from 21st in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Spain (down from 101st in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Astronomer.
Avempace is most famous for his philosophical work, The Incoherence of the Philosophers.
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Among astronomers, Avempace ranks 29 out of 531. Before him are Charles Messier, Giuseppe Piazzi, Johannes Hevelius, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, Jamshīd al-Kāshī, and Roger Joseph Boscovich. After him are William Alfred Fowler, Johann Gottfried Galle, Fred Hoyle, Johann Bayer, Caroline Herschel, and Wilhelm Schickard.
1730 - 1817
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Rank: 23
1746 - 1826
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 24
1611 - 1687
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 25
1758 - 1840
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 26
1380 - 1429
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 27
1711 - 1787
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 28
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HPI: 66.58
Rank: 29
1911 - 1995
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 30
1812 - 1910
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 31
1915 - 2001
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 32
1572 - 1625
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 33
1750 - 1848
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 34
1592 - 1635
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 35
Among people born in 1080, Avempace ranks 3. Before him are Pope Eugene III and Suger. After him are Norbert of Xanten, Isidore the Laborer, Theresa, Countess of Portugal, Matilda of Scotland, Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan, Abu Hamid al-Gharnati, Margaret Fredkulla, Sanai, 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, Moses ibn Ezra, and Vsevolod of Pskov.
1080 - 1153
HPI: 72.29
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HPI: 55.52
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HPI: 66.58
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1086 - 1138
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1090 - 1138
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1109 - 1138
HPI: 56.12
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1060 - 1138
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Among people born in Spain, Avempace ranks 136 out of 2,932. Before him are Henry IV of Castile (1425), Ferdinand I of Naples (1423), James II of Aragon (1267), Alfonso VIII of Castile (1155), Carlos, Prince of Asturias (1545), and Almanzor (930). After him are Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1482), Josemaría Escrivá (1902), Ibn Hazm (994), Paco Rabanne (1934), Mariana Victoria of Spain (1718), and Peter IV of Aragon (1319).
1425 - 1474
HPI: 66.94
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1423 - 1494
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 131
1267 - 1327
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 132
1155 - 1214
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 133
1545 - 1568
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 134
930 - 1002
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 135
1080 - 1138
HPI: 66.58
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1482 - 1517
HPI: 66.53
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1902 - 1975
HPI: 66.50
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994 - 1064
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 139
1934 - 2023
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 140
1718 - 1781
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 141
1319 - 1387
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 142
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), and Josep Comas i Solà (1868).
1080 - 1138
HPI: 66.58
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1029 - 1087
HPI: 61.11
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950 - 1007
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 3
1200 - 1204
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 4
1716 - 1795
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 5
1868 - 1937
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 6