Biography

Name: Ramban (Nahmanides)

Date of Birth: 1194 CE

Hometown: Girona, Catalonia in the kingdom Aragon, Spain

Predominant Philosophy: Kabalah

Interests: law, medicine, mysticism

Work: Perush al HaTorah, Chidushei HaRamban, Milchamot Hashem, Mishpatei HaCherem, Hilchot Biddikah, Torat HaAdam

Professional Career: Chief Rabbi of Catalonia

Claim to Fame: His participation in the Disputation of 1263. He was invited by King James to participate in a debate with the Christian convert Pablo Christiani. Hebattled heroically, and he subsequently published his arguments in the book Sefer HaVikuakh. But do to his success the Dominicans in Spain launched a campaign to prosecute Ramban.

Travel:  Jerusalem, Israel

Interesting Fact: Ramban was nine years old when Rambam (Maimonides) died. A lot of Ramban’s work came in the face of the Maimonidean controversy in Ashkenazi lands.

Death: 1270 in Jerusalem

Source: http://www.jtsa.edu/Conservative_Judaism/Ramban_Biography.xml          

             http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahmanides#Works