Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

ابْن سِينَا

The Prince of Physicians — author of the Canon of Medicine

Born: 980 CE, Bukhara

Died: 1037 CE, Hamadan

Era: Medieval

Field: Medicine, Philosophy

Origin: Bukhara, Central Asia

Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Sina was a Persian polymath who wrote 450 works on philosophy, medicine, astronomy and mathematics. His Canon of Medicine was the standard medical textbook in Europe and the Islamic world for over 600 years.