Ibn al-Haytham
c. 965–c. 1040
Medieval scientist from Basra known as the father of modern optics.
Ibn al-Haytham (c. 965–c. 1040) was a physicist, born in Basra and died in Cairo.
- Known as
- Physicist
- Category
- Scientists & Inventors
- Born
- c. 965, Basra
- Died
- c. 1040, Cairo
Alive at the same time as Ibn al-Haytham
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- Erik the Red c. 950–c. 1003, explorer
- Leif Erikson c. 970–c. 1020, explorer
- Al-Biruni 973–c. 1050, scholar
- Murasaki Shikibu c. 973–c. 1014, novelist
- Avicenna c. 980–1037, philosopher and physician
- William the Conqueror c. 1028–1087, king
- Shen Kuo 1031–1095, polymath
Portrait: Michel Bakni, CC BY-SA 4.0.
