Michael Scot: Quick Facts


Facts

Born c.1175
Died c.1235

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Abraham bar Hiyya
Spanish-Jewish philosopher and scientist
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Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon
Jewish physician and translator
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Don Raimundo
Spanish archbishop
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Domingo Gundisalvo
Spanish philosopher
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Constantine the African
medieval medical scholar
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Joseph Kimhi
European grammarian
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Moses ben Samuel ibn Tibbon
Jewish physician and translator
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Samuel ben Judah ibn Tibbon
Jewish physician and translator
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Jacob ben Machir ibn Tibbon
Jewish astronomer, physician, and translator
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Gerard of Cremona
Italian scholar
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Judah ben Solomon Harizi
Spanish-Jewish poet
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Gawin Douglas
Scottish bishop and poet
George Buchanan, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist after a portrait by Arnold Bronkhorst, 1581; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
George Buchanan
Scottish writer and educator
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John Bellenden
Scottish writer
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, woodcut, 1537.
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Roman scholar, philosopher, and statesman
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Nicholas Oresme
French bishop, scholar, and economist
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Poliziano
Italian poet and humanist
Engraved portrait of Marsilio Ficino wearing a cap and cloak, shown in three-quarter view looking over his shoulder, with detailed lines and shading.
Marsilio Ficino
Italian philosopher and theologian
Haim Naḥman Bialik.
Haim Naḥman Bialik
Russian-Jewish writer
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William of Moerbeke
Belgian archbishop