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1546–1600 Denmark
Tycho Brahe (born Tyge Ottesen Brahe; 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.
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Mathematical Truth therefore rejoices in simple words, since the language of Truth is itself simple.
Epistolarum astronomicarum liber primus (1596)
Those who study the stars have God for a teacher.
Let me not seem to have lived in vain.
For it is now quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens.
An astronomer must be cosmopolitan because ignorant statesmen can not be expected to value their services.
The star [Tycho's supernova] was at first like Venus and Jupiter, giving pleasing effects; but as it then became like Mars, there will next come a period of wars, seditions, captivity and death of princes, and destruction of cities, together with dryness and fiery meteors in the air,pestilence, and venomous snakes. Lastly, the star became like Saturn, and there will finally come a time of want, death, imprisonment and all sorts of sad things.