Fuat Sezgin
1924 - 2018
Country of citizenship: Turkey
Native language: Turkish
Languages spoken, written or signed: Turkish, Arabic, Syriac, Hebrew, Latin, English, German, French
Educated at: Istanbul University Faculty of Letters
Occupation: mathematician, historian of mathematics, historian, writer, university teacher, scientist
Award received: Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, King Faisal International Prize in Islamic Studies, Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt, Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards
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Fuat Sezgin (24 October 1924 – 30 June 2018) was a Turkish scholar and researcher who specialized in the history of Arabic-Islamic science. He was professor emeritus of the History of Natural Science at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany and the founder and honorary director of the Institute of the History of the Arab Islamic Sciences there. He also created museums in Frankfurt and Istanbul with replicas of historical Arabic-Islamic scientific instruments, tools and maps. His best known publication is the 17-volume Geschichte des Arabischen Schrifttums, a standard reference in the field. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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