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Project Gutenberg on Nostr: Danish noblewoman & horticulturalist Sophia Brahe was born #OTD in 1559 (or 22 ...

Danish noblewoman & horticulturalist Sophia Brahe was born #OTD in 1559 (or 22 September 1556).

She played an essential role in assisting her brother, Tycho Brahe, with his astronomical observations. She worked alongside him at the Uraniborg observatory on the island of Hven, where they made some of the most precise measurements of planetary positions before the invention of the telescope. was deeply interested in horticulture, alchemy, & medicine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Brahe

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