Tycho

He was a man of scientific culture, corresponded with Kepler, and was a personal friend of Tycho Brahe.

In 1592 Frederick died, and five years later, Tycho was impoverished and practically banished.

If we knew more about his so-called imbecile protégé we should probably find some reason for the interest which Tycho took in him.

Tycho was a Danish noble, born on his ancestral estate at Knudstorp, near Helsinborg, in 1546.

Tycho's uncle gave him what he would never have got at home—a good education; and ultimately put him to study law.