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Tycho Brahe

1546 - 1601

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Tycho Brahe ( TY-koh BRAH-(h)ee, -⁠ BRAH(-hə); Danish: [ˈtsʰykʰo ˈpʁɑːə] ; born Tyge Ottesen Brahe, Danish: [ˈtsʰyːjə ˈʌtəsn̩ ˈpʁɑːə]; 14 December 1546 – 24 October 1601), 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 an astronomer, astrologer, and alchemist. He was the last major astronomer before the invention of the telescope. Tycho Brahe has also been described as the greatest pre-telescopic astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tycho Brahe is the 7th most popular astronomer, the 8th most popular biography from Sweden and the most popular Swedish Astronomer.

Tycho Brahe was a Danish astronomer who is most famous for his accurate measurements of the positions of the planets in the sky.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Tycho Brahe ranks 7 out of 644. Before him are Galileo Galilei, Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, Giordano Bruno, Ptolemy, and Edmond Halley. After him are Anders Celsius, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, William Herschel, Aristarchus of Samos, Hipparchus, and Ulugh Beg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1546, Tycho Brahe ranks 2. Before him is Murad III. After him are Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Bartholomeus Spranger, Veronica Franco, Takeda Katsuyori, Heo Jun, Charlotte of Bourbon, Johann Fischart, and Thomas Digges. Among people deceased in 1601, Tycho Brahe ranks 1. After him are Michael the Brave, Louise of Lorraine, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Henriette of Cleves, Starina Novak, Kuchum, Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, Thomas Nashe, John Shakespeare, and Ivan Moskvitin.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Tycho Brahe ranks 8 out of 1,879. Before him are Alfred Nobel (1833), Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1946), Astrid Lindgren (1907), Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594), Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626), and Selma Lagerlöf (1858). After him are Anders Celsius (1701), Ingmar Bergman (1918), Svante Arrhenius (1859), Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882), August Strindberg (1849), and Olof Palme (1927).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Sweden

Among astronomers born in Sweden, Tycho Brahe ranks 1. After him are Anders Celsius (1701), Oskar Backlund (1846), Bengt Strömgren (1908), Bertil Lindblad (1895), Carl Charlier (1862), Nils Christoffer Dunér (1839), and Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (1944).

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