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Johann Adam Schall von Bell
Johann Adam Schall von Bell was a German Jesuit, astronomer and instrument-maker. He spent most of his life as a missionary in China and became an adviser to the Shunzhi Emperor of the Qing dynasty.
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science · German Jesuit astronomer active in China (1591–1666) · astronomer · translator · writer · mathematician · missionary · Catholic theologian · also Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Johann Adam von Schall, Adam Schall von Bell, Tang Ruowang, Adam Schall, Johann von Bell
Born 1 May 1592 · Died 15 August 1666 · Q76732
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Published “The ERA5 global reanalysis” in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society — cited 24,597 times.
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2013· 1 entry
Chinese CCTV published a documentary on Schall von Bell, as part of its series Biographies
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1992· 1 entry
Taiwan issued a commemorative stamp for the 400th anniversary of the birth of Schall von Bell, noting "with all his accomplishments his place in Chinese history is secure"
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1666· 1 entry
Died 1666-08-15.
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1592· 1 entry
Born 1592-05-01.
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