980–1037
Physician-philosopher whose Canon of Medicine shaped centuries of practice.
Ibn Sina (Avicenna) (980–1037) endures among the great of Middle East & Persia. Physician-philosopher whose Canon of Medicine shaped centuries of practice.
Across the medieval age, this life and its works passed into the shared inheritance of humankind — kept here so the memory is never lost.
Honored among the Great Ones of every civilization. Africa is the cradle of humankind; in the deepest sense, these are everyone’s ancestors — and so this name is kept, from the cradle of humanity to all its children.
Submitted with honor.
Submitted by the Honored Ancestors Editorial Committee.
