Gerard of Cremona

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Gerard of Cremona was a 12th-century Italian translator renowned for rendering numerous major scientific and philosophical works from Arabic into Latin, greatly influencing medieval European scholarship.

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Gerard of Cremona canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian person ⓘ
human ⓘ
medieval scholar ⓘ
translator ⓘ
activeYears mid-12th century ⓘ
centuryOfBirth 12th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Italy ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 1114 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1187 ⓘ
describedAs one of the most prolific translators of the Toledo School ⓘ
era High Middle Ages ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
translation of scientific texts ⓘ
influenced Scholastic philosophy ⓘ
linked to: Scholasticism

medieval European science ⓘ
knownFor dissemination of Greek and Arabic science in Western Europe ⓘ
translating Arabic scientific texts into Latin ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
movement Toledo School of Translators ⓘ
name Gerard of Cremona ⓘ
nativeLanguage Latin ⓘ
notableWork Latin translation of Avicenna's Canon of Medicine ⓘ
Latin translation of Ptolemy's Almagest ⓘ
Latin translation of al-Khwarizmi's astronomical tables ⓘ
Latin translations of works by Archimedes ⓘ
Latin translations of works by Aristotle ⓘ
Latin translations of works by Euclid ⓘ
Latin translations of works by Galen ⓘ
Latin translations of works by Hippocrates ⓘ
Latin translations of works by Jabir ibn Aflah ⓘ
Latin translations of works by Thabit ibn Qurra ⓘ
Latin translations of works by al-Farabi ⓘ
Latin translations of works by al-Razi ⓘ
numberOfWorksTranslated over 70 ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
physician ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
translator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cremona ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kingdom of Castile ⓘ
linked to: Castile

Toledo ⓘ
reasonForMoveToToledo to study Ptolemy's Almagest in Arabic ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
translatedFromLanguage Arabic ⓘ
translatedIntoLanguage Latin ⓘ
workLocation Toledo ⓘ

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Gerard of Cremona → name → Gerard of Cremona ⓘ