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John Dee
John Dee was an English mathematician, astronomer, teacher, astrologer, occultist, and alchemist. He was the court astronomer for, and advisor to, Elizabeth I, and spent much of his time on alchemy, divination, and Hermetic philosophy. As an antiquarian, he had one of the largest libraries in England at the time. As a political advisor, he advocated the foundation of English colonies in the New Wo…
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science · English scientist and occultist (1527–1608/09) · philosopher · mathematician · astronomer · astrologer · geographer · cartographer · scribe · occultist · magician · alchemist · also John Dee, Dee
Born 13 July 1527 · Died 1 December 1608 · Q201484
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2022· 3 entries
The Cheat Sheet: ‘The Sandman’: Where You’ve Seen John Dee Actor David Thewlis Before
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Collider: The Sandman's John Dee Explained: Dreams Do Come True
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2020· 1 entry
Published “The ERA5 global reanalysis” in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society — cited 24,450 times.
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2013· 1 entry
A memorial plaque to Dee was placed on the south wall of the present church
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1972· 1 entry
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory.
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1956· 1 entry
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect.
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1912· 1 entry
Suggested that Dee may have owned it and sold it to Rudolph II
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1608· 1 entry
Died 1608-12-01.
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1550· 1 entry
Studied at Old University of Leuven (1548–1550).
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1548· 1 entry
Studied at Trinity College (1546–1548).
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1546· 1 entry
Studied at St John's College (1542–1546).
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1527· 1 entry
Born 1527-07-13.
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