Solomon ibn Gabirol or Solomon ben Judah was an 11th-century Jewish poet and philosopher in the neoplatonic tradition in Al-Andalus. He published over a hundred poems, as well as works of Hebrew Biblical exegesis, philosophy, ethics, and satire. One source credits ibn Gabirol with creating a golem, possibly female, for household chores. 1020 – 1058; died at about 38. Alive at the same time as Avicenna, William the Conqueror, Anselm of Canterbury, Omar Khayyám, and Murasaki Shikibu. Wiki link