BIOLOGIST

Ibn al-Baitar

1197 - 1248

Photo of Ibn al-Baitar

Icon of person Ibn al-Baitar

Diyāʾ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Mālaqī, commonly known as Ibn al-Bayṭār (Arabic: ابن البيطار) (1197–1248 AD) was an Andalusian Arab physician, botanist, pharmacist and scientist. His main contribution was to systematically record the additions made by Islamic physicians in the Middle Ages, which added between 300 and 400 types of medicine to the one thousand previously known since antiquity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn al-Baitar has received more than 150,338 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Ibn al-Baitar is the 80th most popular biologist (up from 92nd in 2019), the 230th most popular biography from Spain (up from 254th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Biologist.

Ibn al-Baitar was a 12th century physician and botanist who wrote the Book of Simple Drugs. He is most famous for his work on drugs and plants.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Ibn al-Baitar ranks 80 out of 1,097. Before him are Ernst Mayr, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Svante Pääbo, Dmitri Ivanovsky, Bernard Katz, and Philip Miller. After him are Elizabeth Blackburn, Archibald Hill, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Werner Arber, and Stanley B. Prusiner.

Most Popular Biologists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1197, Ibn al-Baitar ranks 2. Before him is Aybak. After him are Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse, Al-Shadhili, Emperor Juntoku, Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy, Agnes of Assisi, Mafalda of Portugal, Yusuf II, Almohad caliph, Yolanda of Courtenay, Nikephoros Blemmydes, and Gonzalo de Berceo. Among people deceased in 1248, Ibn al-Baitar ranks 4. Before him are Shams Tabrizi, Subutai, and Güyük Khan. After him are Sancho II of Portugal, Al-Adil II, Henry II, Duke of Brabant, Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen, Otto III, Count of Burgundy, Abu al-Hasan as-Said al-Mutadid, Andronikos Palaiologos, and Hugh I, Count of Blois.

Others Born in 1197

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1248

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ibn al-Baitar ranks 230 out of 3,355. Before him are Luis Enrique (1970), Antoni Tàpies (1923), Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (1460), Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465), Carlota Joaquina of Spain (1775), and Louis Blanc (1811). After him are Blanche I of Navarre (1387), Reccared I (510), Henry III of Castile (1379), Mariano Rajoy (1955), Sergio Ramos (1986), and Antonio Machado (1875).

Others born in Spain

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among BIOLOGISTS In Spain

Among biologists born in Spain, Ibn al-Baitar ranks 2. Before him are Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852). After him are Antonio José Cavanilles (1745), Francisco J. Ayala (1934), Francisco Hernández de Toledo (1515), Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati (1166), Ángel Cabrera (1879), Hipólito Ruiz López (1754), Francisco Manuel Blanco (1778), and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez (1754).

Spanish born Biologists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous