Tycho Brahe

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Danish person astronomer human nobleman

Tycho Brahe was a Danish nobleman and astronomer whose precise naked-eye observations of the heavens greatly improved astronomical data and paved the way for Kepler’s laws of planetary motion.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Brahe 1
Tyge Ottesen Brahe 1

Statements (73)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Danish person ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
human ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
astronomicalDataUsedBy Johannes Kepler ⓘ
birthName Tycho Brahe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tyge Ottesen Brahe
built Stjerneborg observatory ⓘ
Hven (Uraniborg observatory) ⓘ
surface form: Uraniborg observatory
burialPlace Church of Our Lady before Týn ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Denmark ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1546-12-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1601-10-24 ⓘ
demonstrated that comets are celestial objects beyond Earth's atmosphere ⓘ
discovered that SN 1572 was a supernova beyond the Moon ⓘ
education University of Basel ⓘ
University of Copenhagen ⓘ
University of Leipzig ⓘ
University of Rostock ⓘ
University of Wittenberg ⓘ
employer Frederick II of Denmark ⓘ
era Renaissance ⓘ
ethnicGroup Dane ⓘ
familyName Tycho Brahe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Brahe
fieldOfWork alchemy ⓘ
astrology ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
observational astronomy ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Tyge ⓘ
hadChild Jørgen Brahe ⓘ
Kirstine Brahe ⓘ
Magdalene Brahe ⓘ
Tycho Brahe Jr. ⓘ
Vibeke Brahe ⓘ
influenced Johannes Kepler ⓘ
influencedBy Nicolaus Copernicus ⓘ
surface form: Copernicus

Claudius Ptolemaeus ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemy
instrumentation armillary spheres ⓘ
large mural quadrant ⓘ
sextants ⓘ
knownFor Tychonic system ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Danish ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
legacy foundation for Kepler's laws of planetary motion ⓘ
memberOf Brahe family ⓘ
name Tycho Brahe self-link ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron ⓘ
notableEvent lost part of his nose in a duel ⓘ
notableFor improving astronomical data ⓘ
influencing Kepler's laws of planetary motion ⓘ
precise naked-eye astronomical observations ⓘ
observed Great Comet of 1577 ⓘ
SN 1572 ⓘ
occupation alchemist ⓘ
astrologer ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
patron Frederick II of Denmark ⓘ
placeOfBirth Denmark–Norway ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Denmark–Norway

Knudstrup ⓘ
Scania ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bohemia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Bohemia

Prague ⓘ
proposed Tychonic system ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
residence Hven ⓘ
Prague ⓘ
Stjerneborg ⓘ
Hven (Uraniborg observatory) ⓘ
surface form: Uraniborg
spouse Kirsten Jørgensdatter ⓘ
studentOrAssistant Johannes Kepler ⓘ
used metal prosthetic nose ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tycho Brahe → birthName → Tycho Brahe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyge Ottesen Brahe
Tycho Brahe → familyName → Tycho Brahe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brahe
Johannes Kepler → influencedBy → Tycho Brahe ⓘ
Tycho Brahe → name → Tycho Brahe self-link ⓘ
Frederick II of Denmark → patronage → Tycho Brahe ⓘ
Willem Blaeu → studiedUnder → Tycho Brahe ⓘ