(14. 12. 1546 Knudstrup, DK – 24. 10. 1601 Praha, CZ)
Student of Peucer in Wittenberg
Astronomer and alchemist, built an observatory in Uranienborg
Court astronomer to Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II in Prague
Credit, Wikipedia. Available online http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe
J. Smolík: Mathematikové v Čechách od založení university Pražské do počátku tohoto století. Praha, 1864, pp. 86-95. Available online http://kramerius.mlp.cz/kramerius/MShowMonograph.do?id=1197&author=Smolík_Josef
The Mathematics Genealogy Project.
Available online http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=125379
The MacTutor History of Mathematics.
Available online http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Brahe.html