Martin Lings, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Martin Lings

English writer and scholar

Date of Birth: 24-Jan-1909

Place of Birth: Burnage, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 12-May-2005

Profession: writer, poet, librarian, historian, university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Martin Lings (24 January 1909 – 12 May 2005), also known as Abu Bakr Siraj ad-Din, was an English writer, scholar, and philosopher.
A student of the Swiss metaphysician Frithjof Schuon and an authority on the work of William Shakespeare, he is best known as the author of Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, first published in 1983 and still in print.