Robert of Ketton

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Robert of Ketton was a 12th-century English scholar, translator, and cleric best known for producing one of the earliest Latin translations of the Qur’an in medieval Europe.

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instanceOf Latinist ⓘ
cleric ⓘ
human ⓘ
medieval astronomer ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
translator ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Robert of Chester ⓘ
Robertus Ketenensis ⓘ
Robertus Retinensis ⓘ
linked to: Robertus Ketenensis
centuryOfActivity 12th century ⓘ
clericalStatus canon ⓘ
collaboratedWith Hermann of Carinthia ⓘ
Peter the Venerable ⓘ
commissionedBy Peter the Venerable ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
educatedAt University of Paris ⓘ
era High Middle Ages ⓘ
fieldOfWork Islamic studies ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
theology ⓘ
floruit 12th century ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
knownFor early Latin translation of the Qur'an ⓘ
translations from Arabic into Latin ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
notableWork Latin translation of al-Khwarizmi's astronomical tables ⓘ
Latin translation of an Arabic version of Ptolemy's Almagest ⓘ
Lex Mahumet pseudoprophete ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
cleric ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
translator ⓘ
partOf Toledo School of Translators ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kingdom of England ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
translatedFrom Arabic ⓘ
translatedTo Latin ⓘ
workLocation Kingdom of Navarre ⓘ
Spain ⓘ

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Peter the Venerable → collaboratedWith → Robert of Ketton ⓘ