Anania Shirakatsi was a 7th-century Armenian polymath and natural philosopher, author of extant works covering mathematics, astronomy, geography, chronology, and other fields.
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A statue of Anania at the Alphabet Park near Artashavan by Artush Papoyan (2005).[13]
A statue of Anania at Yerevan State University
List of Moon Phases by Anania Shirakatsi
A bust at the Matenadaran
An arithmetic book by Shirakatsi
A manuscript of Anania's Cosmology.
Armenia according to Anania's Geography (Ashkharhatsuyts) as reconstructed by Suren EremianAbout this person
Anania Shirakatsi was a 7th-century Armenian polymath and natural philosopher, author of extant works covering mathematics, astronomy, geography, chronology, and other fields. Little is known for certain of his life outside of his own writings, but he is considered the father of the exact and natural sciences in Armenia - the first Armenian mathematician, astronomer, and cosmographer.
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 610 to 685 · aged 75
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27 languages
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