The American Spirit in Literature: A Chronicle of Great Interpreters

Bigraphy of Avicenna, first published in 1900, in the original French. According to Wikipedia: "Abu 'Ali al-?usayn ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Sina', known as Abu Ali Sina or, more commonly, Ibn Sina), but most commonly known in English by his Latinized name Avicenna (c. 980 - 1037) was a Persian polymath and the foremost physician and philosopher of his time. He was also an astronomer, chemist, geologist, Hafiz, Islamic psychologist, Islamic scholar, Islamic theologian, logician, paleontologist, mathematician, Maktab teacher, physicist, poet, and scientist."