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    BornTyge Ottesen Brahe · 14 December 1546 · Knutstorp Castle, Scania, Denmark–Norway
    Died24 October 1601 (aged 54) · Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire
    Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen · Leipzig University · University of Rostock
    SpouseKirsten Barbara Jørgensdatter
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    Overview

    Tycho Brahe , generally called Tycho for short, was a Danish astronomer of the Renaissance, known for his comprehensive and unprecedentedly accurate astronomical observations. He was known during his lifetime as … See more

    Life

    Tycho Brahe was born as heir to several of Denmark's most influential noble families. In addition to his immediate ancestry with the Brahe and the Bille families, he counted the Rud, Trolle, Ulfstand, and Rosenkrantz families am… See more

    Career: observing the heavens

    Tycho's view of science was driven by his passion for accurate observations, and the quest for improved instruments of measurement drove his life's work. Tycho was the last major astronomer to work without the … See more

    Legacy

    The first biography of Tycho, which was also the first full-length biography of any scientist, was written by Gassendi in 1654. In 1779, Tycho de Hoffmann wrote of Tycho's life in his history of the Brahe family. In 1… See more

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