Author: ʻAlī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm Ibn al-Nafīs
Alternate names: علاء الدين أبو الحسن عليّ بن أبي حزم القرشي; ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī Ḥazm al-Qarashī; ابن النفيس; Ibn al-Nafīs; ʻAlī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm Ibn al-Nafīs; 'Ali ibn Abi al-Hazm Ibn al-Nafis; إبن النفيس، علي بن أبي الحزم،; Alī ibn Abī al- Hazm Ibn al-Nafīs
Born: 1210 or 11
Died: 1288
Bio: Arab polymath whose areas of work included medicine, surgery, physiology, anatomy, biology, Islamic studies, jurisprudence, and philosophy.