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Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe, generally called Tycho for short, was a Danish astronomer known for his comprehensive and unprecedentedly accurate astronomical observations which helped to turn astronomy into the first modern science and launch the Scientific Revolution. He was known during his lifetime as an astronomer, astrologer, and alchemist. He was the last major astronomer before the invention of the telescop…
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culture · Danish astronomer (1546–1601) · astronomer · autobiographer · poet · astrologer · alchemist · writer · printer · also Tycho Brahe, Tycho Brahé, Brahe
Born 14 December 1546 · Died 24 October 1601 · Q36620
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2024· 3 entries
Science News: Tycho Brahe dabbled in alchemy. Broken glassware is revealing his recipes
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Yahoo: Surprising element found in traces of Tycho Brahe’s alchemy lab confounds scientists
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Phys.org: Chemical analyses find hidden elements from renaissance astronomer Tycho Brahe's alchemy laboratory
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2016· 2 entries
Fox News: Famed astronomer Tycho Brahe literally had golden hair, study says
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Smithsonian Magazine: Astronomer and Alchemist Tycho Brahe Died Full of Gold
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2015· 1 entry
The planet Brahe was named after him as part of the NameExoWorlds campaign
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2012· 1 entry
Fox News: Tycho Brahe Died from Pee, Not Poison
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2008· 1 entry
Is awarded annually by the European Astronomical Society in recognition of the pioneering development or exploitation of European astronomical instrumentation, or major discoveries based largely on such instruments
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2004· 1 entry
The Correspondence of Tycho Brahe from the Bodleian Library's Early Modern Letters Online website
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1998· 1 entry
Sky & Telescope magazine published an article by Donald Olson, Marilynn S
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1913· 1 entry
Johann Dreyer published Tycho's collected works, facilitating further research
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1890· 1 entry
Which was long the most influential work on Tycho
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1601· 1 entry
Died 1601-10-24.
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1580· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Order of the Elephant (1580).
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1567· 1 entry
Studied at University of Rostock (1567).
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1565· 1 entry
Studied at Leipzig University (1562–1565).
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1562· 1 entry
Studied at University of Copenhagen (1559–1562).
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1546· 1 entry
Born 1546-12-14.
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