Al-Saghani

Astronomer, Deceased Person

– 0990

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Who was Al-Saghani?

Abu Hamid Ahmed ibn Mohammed al-Saghani al-Asturlabi was a Persian astronomer and historian of science. He flourished in Baghdad, where he died in 990 AD.

An inventor and maker of instruments, he worked in Sharaf al-dawla's observatory and, perhaps, constructed the instruments which were used there. Worked on the trisection of the angle.

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Religion
  • Islam
Nationality
  • Iran
Profession
Died
0990

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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