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Sophia Brahe

1556 - 1643

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Sophia (or Sophie) Thott Lange (née Brahe; 24 August 1559 or 22 September 1556 – 1643), known by her maiden name, was a Danish noblewoman and horticulturalist with knowledge of astronomy, chemistry, and medicine. She worked alongside her brother Tycho Brahe in making astronomical observations. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sophia Brahe is the 216th most popular chemist (down from 173rd in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 109th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Danish Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Sophia Brahe ranks 216 out of 602Before her are Roald Hoffmann, Johann Wilhelm Ritter, Nikolay Semyonov, Paul Lauterbur, Kenichi Fukui, and Geoffrey Wilkinson. After her are Leo Baekeland, Osamu Shimomura, Giulio Natta, C. N. R. Rao, Ahmed Zewail, and Johan Gottlieb Gahn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1556, Sophia Brahe ranks 3Before her are Anne Hathaway, and Carlo Maderno. After her are Joseph Calasanz, Adriaen de Vries, Paul Bril, Otto van Veen, Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn, Uesugi Kagekatsu, Jeanne de Lestonnac, Jerzy Radziwiłł, and Tōdō Takatora. Among people deceased in 1643, Sophia Brahe ranks 5Before her are Louis XIII of France, Claudio Monteverdi, Hong Taiji, and Girolamo Frescobaldi. After her are Paul Guldin, François Duquesnoy, Giovanni Baglione, Hendrik Brouwer, Benedetto Castelli, Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, and Herman Wrangel.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Sophia Brahe ranks 106 out of 1,032Before her are Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1546), Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (850), Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg (1796), Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847), Georg Brandes (1842), and Bille August (1948). After her are Sven Hassel (1917), Christopher II of Denmark (1276), Christina of Denmark (1521), Absalon (1128), Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg (1524), and Johan Christian Fabricius (1745).

Among CHEMISTS In Denmark

Among chemists born in Denmark, Sophia Brahe ranks 4Before her are Henrik Dam (1895), S. P. L. Sørensen (1868), and Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted (1879). After her are Rasmus Bartholin (1625), Morten P. Meldal (1954), Johan Kjeldahl (1849), and Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen (1826).