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Solomon ibn Gabirol (Avicebron) (1021?–1058)
Avicebron or Avencebrol (ä-vē-thā-brōn’), properly Solomon ben Jehuda ibn Gabirol. A celebrated Hebrew poet and philosopher; born at Cordova. Of his poetical works, ‘The Royal Crown’ is the most famous; of the philosophical, ‘The Fountain of Life,’ written in Arabic, but known to mediæval scholars through a Latin translation. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).