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Fuat Sezgin | |
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| Born | 24 October 1924 Bitlis, Turkey |
| Died | 30 June 2018 (aged 93) Istanbul, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Alma mater | Istanbul University |
| Occupation | Science historian academic |
| Spouse | Ursula Sezgin |
| Awards | King Faisal International Prize Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards |
Fuat Sezgin (24 October 1924 – 30 June 2018) was a Turkish scholar and researcher who specialized in the history of Arabic-Islamic science. He was professor emeritus of the History of Natural Science at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany and the founder and honorary director of the Institute of the History of the Arab Islamic Sciences there.[1] He also created museums in Frankfurt and Istanbul with replicas of historical Arabic-Islamic scientific instruments, tools and maps.[2] His best known publication is the 17-volume Geschichte des Arabischen Schrifttums, a standard reference in the field.[3]
- ^ "UKM to confer honorary doctorate on Prof Fuat Sezgin". New Straits Times. 8 January 2007.
- ^ "Islam History of Science and Technology Needs to Speak". Turkish Daily News. 27 December 2008. The utility of a museum of replicas in an antiquarian field contaminated by fakes is discussed by Prof. Nir Shafir at the Internet web site Aeon in 2018 at https://aeon.co/essays/why-fake-miniatures-depicting-islamic-science-are-everywhere
- ^ Gerhard Endreß (26 October 2004). "Tradition und Aufbruch". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German).
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