Original: Ibn Rushd ( Averroes ) ( 1126 -- 1198 ) , an Andalusian Arab philosopher , doctor , physician , jurist , lawyer , astronomer , mathematician , and theologian ; '' Ibn-Rushd , a polymath also known as Averroes '' ; Top 100 Events of the Millennium , Life magazine .
Simplified: Ibn Rushd ( Averroes ) ( 1126 -- 1198 ) , an Andalusian Arab philosopher , physician , jurist , astronomer , mathematician , and theologian . Top 100 Events of the Millennium , Life magazine .