Juan Vernet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Juan Vernet

Spanish science historian and Arabicist

Date of Birth: 31-Jul-1923

Place of Birth: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Date of Death: 23-Jul-2011

Profession: historian, translator, arabist, university teacher

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Juan Vernet (1923 - 2011) was a Spanish science historian, Arabicist and professor at the University of Barcelona for over thirty years.
He was the pupil and intellectual heir of orientalist Maria Millàs Vallicrosa.
The rigor and scope of his scholarly work give him international authority in the field of the history of science and cultural transfers between East and West.
Author of the book "What culture owes to the Arabs of Spain", he is also a translator of the quran and the Thousand and One Nights in the Spanish language (Castilian).