Plato Tiburtinus

Plato Tiburtinus was a 12th-century Italian mathematician, astronomer and translator who lived in Barcelona from 1116 to 1138. He is best known for translating Hebrew and Arabic documents into Latin, and was apparently the first to translate information on the astrolabe from Arabic.

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Who was born first?

• Plato Tiburtinus was born 4 years before Bhaskara II
• Plato Tiburtinus was born 10 years after Herman of Carinthia
• Plato Tiburtinus was born 15 years after Avempace
• Plato Tiburtinus was born 15 years before Michael Glycas
• Plato Tiburtinus was born 16 years before Averroes

Timeline

1. Avempacecirca 1095 – 1139
2. Herman of Carinthiacirca 1100 – circa 1160
3. Plato Tiburtinus (this page)1110–1145
4. Bhaskara IIcirca 1114 – circa 1185
5. Michael Glycas1125–1204
6. AverroesApril 14, 1126 – December 10, 1198

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