Michael Scot

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Michael Scot was a medieval Scottish scholar, translator, and astrologer renowned for transmitting Arabic scientific and philosophical works into Latin in 13th-century Europe.

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Michael Scot canonical 2

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instanceOf Scottish person ⓘ
astrologer ⓘ
medieval scholar ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
translator ⓘ
activeInCentury 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
associatedWith Sicilian court culture ⓘ
Toledo School of Translators ⓘ
birthPlace Scotland ⓘ
citizenship Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
deathPlace probably in Scotland ⓘ
educatedAt University of Oxford ⓘ
University of Paris ⓘ
employedBy Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
era High Middle Ages ⓘ
fieldOfWork astrology ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
theology ⓘ
translation ⓘ
influenced Latin scholasticism ⓘ
medieval European science ⓘ
influencedBy Arabic science ⓘ
Aristotle ⓘ
Averroes ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ
knownFor astrology ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
translating Arabic philosophical works into Latin ⓘ
translating Arabic scientific works into Latin ⓘ
transmitting Aristotelian science to medieval Europe ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
name Michael Scot ⓘ
notableWork Liber introductorius ⓘ
Liber particularis ⓘ
astrological treatises ⓘ
translations of Aristotle from Arabic into Latin ⓘ
translations of Averroes’ commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ
portrayedAs magician in later legend ⓘ
portrayedIn Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
workLocation Sicily ⓘ
Toledo ⓘ
court of Frederick II ⓘ

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Michael Scot → name → Michael Scot ⓘ