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Astronomer Tycho Brahe 'not poisoned', says expert

The 16th-Century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe is unlikely to have been poisoned, according to a researcher studying his remains.
The body was exhumed in 2010 in a bid to confirm the cause of his death.
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Tycho Brahe (1546 - 1601)

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Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe exhumed to solve mystery

The body of a 16th Century Danish astronomer is being exhumed in Prague to confirm the cause of his death.
Tycho Brahe was a Danish nobleman who served as royal mathematician to the Bohemian Emperor Rudolf II.
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Danish scientists are preparing to open the tomb of Tycho Brahe at a church in Old Town Prague today, Radio Prague reported Nov. 14. The experts hope to settle a long-running dispute over what caused the death of the astronomer, who served at the royal court in Prague at the invitation of Holy Roman Emperor and Czech King Rudolph II more than 400 years ago. The exhumation at the Church of Our Lady Before Týn could reveal if Brahe died of an internal bladder infection as previously believed or if he had been poisoned.
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An international team of scientists is set to open the tomb of Tycho Brahe in an effort to shed light on the mysterious death of the influential 16th-century Danish astronomer.
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Tycho Brahe to be exhumed

The riddle of the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe's death in 1601 may now have a good chance of being solved
Prague's cultural department has finally given researchers permission to open the tomb of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, which lies in the citys Tyn Cathedral.
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A murder mystery involving royal intrigues and an eccentric scientist with a golden nose could be resolved after 400 years when researchers open the tomb of Tycho Brahe, the Danish astronomer, in the light of new evidence that he was murdered by a contract killer.
A new theory by Danish scholars claims that Brahe was poisoned with mercury on the orders of Christian IV, the King of Denmark, because the astronomer had an affair with his mother. It is even suggested that Shakespeare used the alleged liaison as an inspiration for Hamlet.

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Happy Birthday, Tycho Brahe, Notable Danish Astronomer
Tycho Brahes perfectionist approach to astronomy and astronomical instruments yielded some of the fields greatest discoveries.
Born Tyge Brahe on December 14, 1546, in a castle in Skane, Denmark (now part of Sweden), Tycho Brahe was the oldest child of noble Danish parents. Raised by his uncle and benefactor, Jörgen Brahe, the young man studied at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Leipzig in Germany.

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