Michael Scot

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Michael Scot was a medieval Scottish scholar, translator, and astrologer renowned for transmitting Arabic scientific and philosophical works into Latin in 13th-century Europe.

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instanceOf Scottish person
astrologer
medieval scholar
philosopher
polymath
translator
activeInCentury 12th century
13th century
associatedWith Sicilian court culture
Toledo School of Translators
birthPlace Scotland
citizenship Kingdom of Scotland
deathPlace probably in Scotland
educatedAt University of Oxford
University of Paris
employedBy Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
era High Middle Ages
fieldOfWork astrology
astronomy
natural philosophy
philosophy
theology
translation
influenced Latin scholasticism
medieval European science
influencedBy Arabic science
Aristotle
Averroes
Islamic philosophy
knownFor astrology
natural philosophy
translating Arabic philosophical works into Latin
translating Arabic scientific works into Latin
transmitting Aristotelian science to medieval Europe
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
Greek
Latin
name Michael Scot
notableWork Liber introductorius
Liber particularis
astrological treatises
translations of Aristotle from Arabic into Latin
translations of Averroes’ commentaries on Aristotle
portrayedAs magician in later legend
portrayedIn Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
workLocation Sicily
Toledo
court of Frederick II

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