Fuat Sezgin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fuat Sezgin

Turkish historian of science

Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1924

Place of Birth: Bitlis, Turkey

Date of Death: 30-Jun-2018

Profession: writer, mathematician, historian, university teacher, historian of mathematics

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Fuat Sezgin (24 October 1924 – 30 June 2018) was a Turkish orientalist of Kurdish origin 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.
He also created museums in Frankfurt and Istanbul with replicas of historical Arabic-Islamic scientific instruments, tools and maps.
His best known publication is the 17-volume Geschichte des Arabischen Schrifttums, a standard reference in the field.