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{{Infobox person
| name = Razaullah Ansari
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| caption = S. M. Razaullah Ansari
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1932|04|8}}
| birth_place = [[Delhi]]
| spouse = [[First wife: Dr. Annemarie Ansari, second wife: Dr. Shaukat Nehal Ansari]]
| children = Zia Nishat alias Nisha, Meh Jabin, Shamim alias Shimmi<br /> Nusrat alias Nushi.<br />Kevin Behrens, Joshua Behrens(Grandsons)
| grandchildren =
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| occupation = [[Teaching, and research]]
| known_for = [[scholar]]
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'''Shaikh Mohammad Razaullah Ansari''' is a historian of science, physicist, astronomer and author from [[India]].

==Biography==
Shaikh Mohammad Razaullah Ansari (born 8 April 1932 in [[Delhi]])) was born to a family of scholars. He got his B.Sc.(Honours) and M.Sc. in Physics from [[Delhi University]] in 1953 and 1955 respectively. In 1956 he joined as a lecturer in Physics in [[Zakir Husain College|Delhi College]], Delhi (now renamed as [[Zakir Hussain College]]). He secured a research fellowship of [[Alexander von Humboldt Foundation]] (Bonn, Germany) in 1959.

He worked there first at the Institute of Theoretical Physics and later shifted to [[Eberhard Karl University]] at [[Tübingen]] (Germany), where he completed his D.Sc. ([[Dr. rer. nat.]]) in 1966 in [[Mathematical Physics]]. During his sojourn in Germany, he specialized also in the history of exact science in India and Islamic countries. He researched during 1966-1969 as a research scholar/associate of German Council of Research in various capacities.

In 1969, he was invited by the [[Aligarh Muslim University]] to join the Physics Department as a Reader in theoretical physics. There he established a research group of astrophysics. His astrophysical work in Solar physics and Interstellar Matter was recognized both nationally and internationally by his election as a Fellow of the [[Royal Astronomical Society]] (UK) in 1972 and as a Member of [[International Astronomical Union]] (IAU) in 1973. Besides joining IAU Commissions of his specialty, Ansari joined also IAU Commission 41(History of Astronomy) in which he became so active that he was elected as its Vice-president for 1991–1994, and President for 1994-1997. Ansari was the first Indian/Asian President of Commission 41 since its inception.

In 1997 he organized a symposium on History of Oriental Astronomy at the General Assembly of IAU, held in Kyoto, the proceedings of which was edited by him and published. Thereafter, Ansari shifted his research field to history of astronomy and mathematics, particularly of Medieval India, which, after his retirement in 1994 from Aligarh Muslim University, has become his passion for researching primary sources of history of science.

==Works and achievements==
His works are extant in the field of [[Planet]], [[Venus]], [[Transit of Venus]], [[Sun]], [[Astronomy in medieval Islam]] and [[Indian astronomy]] where he is well cited<ref>Astronomical Archives in India http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/iaucomm41/meetings/ga2000/as_ansari.html</ref>

He was awarded Humboldt Fellowship, [[Alexander von Humboldt Foundation]] to work in [[Germany]]

==Books==
He contributed many chapters on history of science in many books, but here are some of his books based on [[Zij]], [[Avempace]], [[Qotb al-Din Shirazi]] that he edited:
# ''History of oriental astronomy: proceedings of the joint discussion-17 at the 23rd General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union, organised by the Commission 41 (History of Astronomy), held in Kyoto, August 25–26, 1997'', Springer, {{ISBN|1-4020-0657-8}}
# ''History of oriental astronomy'', Kluwer Academic Publishers, {{ISBN|1-4020-0657-8}}, Netherlands
# ''Quasi-binomial Representations of Clebsch-Gordan Coefficients'', Fortschritte der Physik 1967; Volume 14, Issue 12, pages 729-751<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1002/prop.19670151203 | volume=15 | title=Quasi-binomial Representations of Clebsch-Gordan Coefficients | journal=Fortschritte der Physik | pages=729–751 | last1 = Ansari | first1 = S. M. Razaullah| issue=12 |bibcode = 1967ForPh..15..729A | year=1967 }}</ref>
# ''History of Science in Medieval India'', Idarah-i Adabiyat-i Delli - Jayyad Press, India<ref>http://www.pharosmedia.com/india-books-bookstore/Idarah_i_Adabiyat_i_Delli_Jayyad_Press_books_india.htm</ref>
# ''Science and technology in the Islamic world with a proceedings, 2002'' by Brepols in Turnhout, Belgium<ref>https://openlibrary.org/books/OL3356637M/Science_and_technology_in_the_Islamic_world</ref>

==Association with learned bodies==
# Fellow, [[Royal Astronomical Society]] (London), 1972
# Founder Secretary-general, [[Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences]]
# Founder Editor (1985–2000), ‘Studies in History of Medicine and Science’ (ISSN 0970-5562), [[Jamia Hamdard]], New Delhi
# Founder Editor, 'Newsletter of Ibn Sina Academy' (NISA), Aligarh (ISSN 0972-6411)
# Member secretary, Indian Committee of International Union for History and Philosophy of Science (IUHPS)
# President, International Union for History and Philosophy (IUHPS) Commission for Science and Technology in Islamic Civilization, 1993–97
# President, [[International Astronomical Union]] (IAU) Commission for History of Astronomy, 1994–97
# President, IUHPS-IAU Joint Inter-Union Commission for History of Astronomy, 1997–2001
# President, IUHPS Commission for History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy, 2001–2005; re-elected from 2005–2009
# Elected Assessor, IUHPS Council for 1989-93; re-elected for 1994-97
# First Vice-President, Council of the International Union for History and Philosophy of Science
# Board Members Affiliates, The Islamic Scientific Manuscripts Initiative (ISMI)<ref>http://ismi.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/islamicMS/database/partners.html</ref>
# Executive Member, Indian National Commission for History of Science
# President, International Commission for Astronomy
# Elected President, Commission for History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy (CHAMA)
# Member, International Congress of History of Science
# Member, Indian National Commission for History of Science
# Member, [[International Astronomical Union]] (IAU), 1973 <ref>http://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/2552/</ref>
# Member, International Academy of the History of Science, 1986<ref>http://www.aihs-iahs.org/en/node/411</ref>
# Member, Indian National Science Academy<ref>http://www.insaindia.org/comijhs3.htm</ref>
# Member, Commission of Islamic Sciences<ref>http://www.islamsci.org/membership/member-listA-E.htm</ref>
# Member, Indian Delegation to the 500th Anniversary Celebration of Nicolaus Copernicus, Torun, Poland, 1973

== See also ==
*[[Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman]], scholar of history of medicine

== References ==
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