Ibn Baja (c. 1095 - 1138) (also known as Latin Avempes) Full Name Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Yahya Ibn As Saig At Tujibi Ibn Baja Al Tujibi ) Was a polymeth of Al-Andalus in the Middle Ages. He has written on astronomy , physics , psychology , music , logic , philosophy , medicine , botany , and poetry. Ibn Baja Avempace Ibn BâjjaIbn BajahBorn 1095 Zaragoza , Al Andalus Died 1138 (42-43 years) Fez , Moroccan Nationality Andalusian Workplace Astronomy , Philosophy , Medicine , Physics , Poetry , Science Influenced by Ibn Tufayl , Al-Bitruji , Present Ibn Juraj , Ibn Rushd He was born and died in 1138 in Fez, Morocco. Abu Bakr ibn Ibrahim ibn Tifiluwit, the governor of Almorawi in Zaragoza, served as the vizier. He wrote in poetry. He joined a poetry competition with the poet Al Tutili. For about 20 years, he served as the vizier of Yahya bin Yusuf bin Tashufin, the brother of the Almoravi Sultan Yusuf bin Tashufin of Morocco. Ibn Baja is the author of Kitabul Nabat, a book on botany. It discusses the sex of plants. Among his teachers was Abu Jafar ibn Harun al-Turjali, a physician in Seville. His philosophical views had a direct influence on Ibn Rushd and Albertus Magnus. Most of his writings and books remain incomplete due to his short death. He was well versed in medicine , mathematics , and astronomy. His contribution to the spirit of Islamic philosophy remains incomplete. In addition to philosophy in his time, he was known as a famous person in music and poetry. His Diwan was discovered in 1951. Although most of his work has not survived, his theories on astronomy and physics have been preserved by Maimonides and Ibn Rushd. All of these theories influenced post-Islamic civilization and the Renaissance in Europe, including Galileo Galilei.