|
gptkbp:instanceOf
|
gptkb:mathematician
astronomer
|
|
gptkbp:birthDate
|
c. 800
|
|
gptkbp:birthName
|
Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani
|
|
gptkbp:birthPlace
|
gptkb:Farghana
|
|
gptkbp:built
|
Nilometer at Fustat (Cairo)
|
|
gptkbp:contributedTo
|
measurement of the Earth's circumference
|
|
gptkbp:deathDate
|
c. 870
|
|
gptkbp:diedIn
|
gptkb:Egypt
|
|
gptkbp:field
|
gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
engineering
|
|
gptkbp:hasWorkedWith
|
gptkb:Abbasid_Caliphate
gptkb:Caliph_al-Ma'mun
gptkb:Caliph_al-Mutawakkil
|
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
|
al-Farghani
|
|
gptkbp:influenced
|
gptkb:Dante_Alighieri
gptkb:Regiomontanus
|
|
gptkbp:influencedBy
|
gptkb:Ptolemy
|
|
gptkbp:knownFor
|
explanation of the movement of celestial bodies
improving astronomical tables
work on the Nile's measurement
|
|
gptkbp:language
|
gptkb:Arabic
|
|
gptkbp:nationality
|
gptkb:Persian
|
|
gptkbp:notableWork
|
Elements of Astronomy
Kitab fi Jawami Ilm al-Nujum (A Compendium of the Science of Stars)
|
|
gptkbp:region
|
gptkb:Islamic_Golden_Age
|
|
gptkbp:translatedInto
|
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Latin
|
|
gptkbp:bfsParent
|
gptkb:Book_on_the_Motion_of_the_Eighth_Sphere
|
|
gptkbp:bfsLayer
|
7
|