PERSON
Ibrāhīm ibn Samuʾil ibn Ibrāhīm Zakūṭ al-ʿIbrānī al-Isrāʾīlī al-Salamanqī (Abraham ben Samuel ben Abraham Zacuto)
| Name (arabic) |
إبراهيم بن سموئل بن إبراهيم زکوط العبراني الإسرائيلي السلمنقي
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| Name (translit) |
Ibrāhīm ibn Samuʾil ibn Ibrāhīm Zakūṭ al-ʿIbrānī al-Isrāʾīlī al-Salamanqī (Abraham ben Samuel ben Abraham Zacuto)
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| Alias |
Zacut, Abraham ben Samuel
Zacut
Abraham Zacut
Abraham Zacuto
Zacuto [Zacut], Abraham bar Samuel Abraham
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| Born |
855H/1452J
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| Died |
920H/1515J
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| Died in |
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| Notes |
An important Jewish astronomer who contributed to observational astronomy, astronomical tables, and our knowledge of astronomy in Spain. |
| Number in MAMS |
923
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| Biography URL |
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| ismi_id |
17903
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Authored Works
1 works:Astronomical Tables/zījes
Zīj Zakūṭ (Almanach perpetuum) , زيج زکوط
References
Flórez, Miguel. 2007. “Zacut: Abraham Ben Samuel Zacut”. In The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, ed. Thomas al., 1255-6. New York: Springer-Verlag.
Rozenfeld, Boris, and Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu. 2003. Mathematicians, Astronomers and Other Scholars of Islamic Civilisation and Their Works (7th-19th c.). Istanbul: Research Centre for Islamic History, Art, and Culture.
P. 311 (no. 923).
King, David. 1986. A Survey of the Scientific Manuscripts in the Egyptian National Library. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns; The American Research Center in Egypt.
P. 140.