Seyyed Hossein Nasr (born April 7, 1933) is a philosopher and University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University. Nasr completed his education in homeland and the United States, earning a bachelor’s degree in physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a master’s in geology and geophysics, and a doctorate in the history of science from Harvard University. He returned to his homeland in 1958, turning down teaching positions at MIT and Harvard, and was appointed a professor of philosophy and Islamic sciences at Tehran University.
He held various academic positions in homeland, including vice-chancellor at capital University and President of Aryamehr University, and established the Imperial Academy of Philosophy at the request of Empress Farah Pahlavi, which soon became one of the most prominent centers of philosophical activity in the Islamic world. During his time in Iran, he studied with several traditional masters of Islamic philosophy and sciences.
