Tycho Brahe timeline
Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe lived a rather interesting life.
By
Maggie McKee Тљ|Тљ
Published: Tuesday, September 30, 2003
The following information was compiled by Astronomy magazine associate editor Maggie McKee from Kitty Ferguson's book, Tycho and Kepler: The Unlikely Partnership That Forever Changed Our Understanding of the Heavens (Walker & Co., New York, 2002). December 14, 1546: Tyge (pronounced "Teeguh") Brahe, who would later go by the Latinized name Tycho (pronounced "Teekoh"), was born in his family's manor, Knutstorps Castle (then in Denmark but now part of Sweden). Unbeknownst to Tycho until more t...