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Adelard of Bath

Type Figure Region England Time c. 1080–1150 Also known as Adelard of Bath、Adelardus Bathoniensis、巴斯的阿德拉尔

Adelard of Bath (c. 1080–c. 1150) was an English scholar who translated Arabic mathematics, astronomy and philosophy into Latin.

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  1. c. 1080–1110Bath · SomersetBorn in the Bath area of England, he received his early education locally and later studied in France and elsewhere, encountering the scholarly traditions of the Latin Christian world.
  2. c. 1110–1150Tours · Centre-Val de LoireAdelard traveled through France and the Near East, learned Arabic and translated Euclid and Arabic works on astronomy and philosophy, introducing methods of rational inquiry to Latin Europe and advancing the 12th-century renaissance.

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