Ahmad Yousef Al-Hassan ( ar, links=no, أحمد يوسف الحسن) (June 25, 1925 – April 28, 2012) was a Palestinian/Syrian/Canadian historian of Arabic and

Islamic science Science in the medieval Islamic world was the science developed and practised during the Islamic Golden Age under the Umayyads of Córdoba, the Abbadids of Seville, the Samanids, the Ziyarids, the Buyids in Persia, the Abbasid Caliphate an ...

and

technology Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and Reproducibility, reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in me ...

, educated in Jerusalem, Cairo, and London with a PhD in Mechanical engineering from

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

. He was Dean of Engineering and later President of the

University of Aleppo University of Aleppo ( ar, جَامِعَة حَلَب, Jāmiʿat Ḥalab, also called Aleppo University) is a public university located in Aleppo, Syria. It is the second largest university in Syria after the University of Damascus. During 2005 ...

where he founded the Institute for the History of Arabic Science (IHAS) and was its first director. He also served as Minister of Petroleum, Electricity and Mineral Resources of Syria prior to 1971. He migrated to Canada in 1982.

Positions and awards

* Visiting Professor at the Department for the History and Philosophy of Science,

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, London * Visiting Professor at the Department of Middle East and Islamic Studies,

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...

* Professor at the Institute for the History of Arabic Science (IHAS), University of Aleppo * Recipient of the Ordre National de la Légion d'honneur of the French Republic

References

1925 births 2012 deaths 20th-century Syrian historians Syrian Muslims Historians of science Historians of technology Oil and mineral reserves ministers of Syria Alumni of University College London University of Aleppo faculty People from Umm al-Fahm Syrian emigrants to Canada Syrian expatriates in Egypt Syrian expatriates in the United Kingdom {{Syria-historian-stub