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Tycho Brahe (/ ˈ t aɪ k oʊ ˈ b r ɑː (h) i,-ˈ b r ɑː (h ə)/ TY-koh BRAH-(h)ee, - BRAH(-hə), Danish: [ˈtsʰykʰo ˈpʁɑːə] ⓘ; born Tyge Ottesen Brahe, Danish: [ˈtsʰyːjə ˈʌtəsn̩ ˈpʁɑːə]; [note 1] 14 December 1546 – 24 October 1601), generally called Tycho for short, was a Danish astronomer of the Renaissance, known for his comprehensive and unprecedentedly ...
Sophia (or Sophie) Thott Lange (née Brahe; 24 August 1559 or 22 September 1556 [1] – 1643), known by her maiden name, was a Danish noblewoman and horticulturalist with knowledge of astronomy, chemistry, and medicine.
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His marriage was childless. He and his wife adopted his nephew, astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546–1601), when Tycho was two. He raised Tycho and provided him with an education. [2] Jørgen inherited considerable wealth from his parents, which in terms of the social structure of the time made him eligible for a royal appointment as county sheriff.
The other was named Tyge (after Brahe's father). It is for their son Tyge that Brahe is best known as he became a famous astronomer and took on the name Tycho Brahe as a teenager. Strangely, their son Tyge was kidnapped by Brahe's older brother, Jørgen, in 1548. Tycho later wrote: "without the knowledge of my parents [Jørgen took] me away ...
The estate was the birthplace of their children; the famous astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) and his astronomer sister Sophia Brahe (1556–1643). [3] [4] [5] The estate was sold in 1771 to the Swedish Count Fredrik Georg Hans Carl Wachtmeister af Johannishus (1720–1792), and has since belonged to the members of his family.
The observations underlying the Rudolphine tables were performed by Tycho Brahe and his team. Brahe's measurements were much more accurate than the ones available previously. [ 1 ] He worked with elaborate instruments to determine the precise positions of planets and stars in the sky but did not have a telescope.