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Topic: Artemisium, Battle of
Location: Thespiae Greece

Gersonides

French-born Jewsish philosopher, Talmudist, mathematician, physician and astronomer/astrologer
Years: 1288 - 1344

Levi ben Gershon (1288–1344), better known by his Latinised name as Gersonides or the abbreviation of first letters as RaLBaG, is a philosopher, Talmudist, mathematician, physician and astronomer/astrologer.

He was born at Bagnols in Languedoc, France.

According to Abraham Zacuto and others, he was the son of Gerson ben Solomon Catalan.