Ahmad Y. al-Hassan

Ahmad Yousef Al-Hassan (Arabic: أحمد يوسف الحسن‎) (June 25, 1925 – April 28, 2012 [1]) was a Palestinian/Syrian/Canadian historian of Arabic and Islamic science and technology,[2] educated in Jerusalem, Cairo, and London with a PhD in Mechanical engineering from University College London. He was Dean of Engineering and later President of the University of Aleppo 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.[3] He migrated to Canada in 1982.

Positions and awards
  • Visiting Professor at the Department for the History and Philosophy of Science, University College, London
  • Member of the International Scientific Committee of the UNESCO’s project: The Different Aspects of Islamic Culture, and the chief editor of Volume IV: Science and Technology in Islam [4]
  • Visiting Professor at the Department of Middle East and Islamic Studies, University of Toronto
  • Associate of the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto
  • Member of the editorial committee of the Journal of the History of Arabic Science (JHAS)
  • Member of the Advisory Committee of the United Nations University, Tokyo
  • Corresponding member of the International Academy of the History of Science
  • Corresponding Member of the Iraqi Academy
  • 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
  1. Canada. "globeandmail.com: Ahmad Yousef al-Hassan Gabarin Professor of Mechanical Engineering". V1.theglobeandmail.com. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  2. "History Of Science And Technology In Islam". History-science-technology.com. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  3. "Different Aspects of Islamic Cultures: International Scientific Committee". Unesco.org. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  4. "Different Aspects of Islamic Cultures: Volume IV". Unesco.org. Retrieved March 12, 2013.


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