Scholar·Abbasid
Ibn Sina (Avicenna) Born
- Date
- 980 CE370 AH1,046 years ago
- Place
- Afshana, near Bukhara
- People
- Ibn Sina
Abu Ali ibn Sina, known in Latin as Avicenna, was born in 980 CE near Bukhara, in present-day Uzbekistan. He became a physician and philosopher and served several rulers as a physician and adviser. His major medical work, The Canon of Medicine, was used in schools for centuries. He also wrote The Book of Healing, a large work on philosophy and the natural sciences.
Why it matters
His Canon of Medicine remained a standard medical textbook in the Islamic world and in Europe for centuries.