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Sophia (or Sophie) Thott Lange (née Brahe; 24 August 1559 or 22 September 1556 – 1643), known by her maiden name, was a Danish noblewoman and horticulturalist with knowledge of astronomy, chemistry, and medicine.
Biografia. Sophie Brahe, sorella del celebre astronomo Tycho, nacque in Danimarca in una famiglia della piccola nobiltà, studiò da sola sui libri del fratello e divenne la sua assistente.
15 feb 2021 · Sophie Brahe nacque nel 1559 a Knudstrup, in Scania, nel sud della Svezia, ma allora facente parte della Danimarca, fu la più giovane di dieci figli di Otte Brahe, cavaliere e consigliere del re di Danimarca, e di Beate Bille, discendente da un’altra importante e nobile famiglia danese.
Sophie Brahe, also known as Sophia Thott, was a Danish horticulturalist and student of astronomy, chemistry, and medicine, best known for assisting her brother Tycho Brahe with his astronomical observations.
Sophie Brahe. 1556-1643. Danish horticulturist and astronomer who occasionally assisted her brother Tycho Brahe (1546-1601). She frequently visited Tycho at his observatory Uraniborg on the island Hven and assisted him with observations he used to compute the December 8, 1573, lunar eclipse.
Sophia Brahe (1556 - 1643) Sophia Brahe assisted her older brother, Tycho Brahe, in making astronomical measurements that became the basis for modern planetary orbit predictions. She was the youngest of ten children and began assisting Tycho with his astronomical observations when she was barely a teenager.
Sophia Brahe. Credit: Saddhiyama. Occupation: Astronomer and Writer. Year born: 1556. Research Areas: Astronomy, Genealogy. " When Denmark remembers her son Tycho, she should not forget the noble woman who in spirit more than blood was his sister. That shining star on our Danish sky was indeed a double-star!
