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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| Michael Scot canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10736316 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Michael Scot Context triple: [Toledo School of Translators, employedScholar, Michael Scot]
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Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon was a 13th-century English philosopher and Franciscan friar known for his early advocacy of empirical methods and experimentation in the study of nature.
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Campanus of Novara
Campanus of Novara was a 13th-century Italian mathematician and astronomer best known for producing one of the most influential medieval Latin editions of Euclid’s Elements.
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa was a 16th-century German polymath, occult philosopher, and writer whose works on magic, mysticism, and esotericism profoundly influenced Western occult and hermetic traditions.
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Adelard of Bath
Adelard of Bath was a 12th-century English scholar and early pioneer in transmitting Arabic and Greek scientific and philosophical knowledge, including mathematics and astronomy, to medieval Europe through his influential Latin translations.
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Athanasius Kircher
Athanasius Kircher was a 17th-century German Jesuit scholar and polymath known for his wide-ranging works on subjects such as Egyptology, linguistics, comparative religion, and natural philosophy.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Michael Scot Target entity description: 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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Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon was a 13th-century English philosopher and Franciscan friar known for his early advocacy of empirical methods and experimentation in the study of nature.
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B.
Campanus of Novara
Campanus of Novara was a 13th-century Italian mathematician and astronomer best known for producing one of the most influential medieval Latin editions of Euclid’s Elements.
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C.
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa was a 16th-century German polymath, occult philosopher, and writer whose works on magic, mysticism, and esotericism profoundly influenced Western occult and hermetic traditions.
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Adelard of Bath
Adelard of Bath was a 12th-century English scholar and early pioneer in transmitting Arabic and Greek scientific and philosophical knowledge, including mathematics and astronomy, to medieval Europe through his influential Latin translations.
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E.
Athanasius Kircher
Athanasius Kircher was a 17th-century German Jesuit scholar and polymath known for his wide-ranging works on subjects such as Egyptology, linguistics, comparative religion, and natural philosophy.
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Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish person
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astrologer ⓘ medieval scholar ⓘ philosopher ⓘ polymath ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| activeInCentury |
12th century
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13th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sicilian court culture
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Toledo School of Translators NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Scotland ⓘ |
| citizenship | Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathPlace | probably in Scotland ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Oxford
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University of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employedBy | Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astrology
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astronomy ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ translation ⓘ |
| influenced |
Latin scholasticism
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medieval European science ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arabic science
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Aristotle ⓘ Averroes NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
astrology
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natural philosophy ⓘ translating Arabic philosophical works into Latin ⓘ translating Arabic scientific works into Latin ⓘ transmitting Aristotelian science to medieval Europe ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Arabic
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Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| name | Michael Scot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Liber introductorius
NERFINISHED
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Liber particularis NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
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| workLocation |
Sicily
NERFINISHED
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Toledo NERFINISHED ⓘ court of Frederick II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Michael Scot Description of subject: 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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