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iii the year 1516; his father died in 1559 when he was sent to Copenhagen to study Rhetoric and Philosophy. In 1575 he travelled through Germany, Switzerland, ami Italy, and when he returned to Copenhagen, it was his intention to leave Denmark, and settle with his fa­ mily at Basil; hut the bounty of Ilis Sovereign who granted to him the island of Hvcen on which his obser­ vatory was erected at the expense of the public, induced him to remain in Denmark; near this spot, this great / philosopher erected a villa which he called Uraniburg; at tills residence he was honoured with a visit from James the 1st of England in 1590 whose object in visit­ ing Denmark, was, to unite himself with Princess Anil the daughter of King Frederick the 2 nd and the Sister of King Christian the fourth; but this great man did not long enjoy this retreat; the jealousy of his enemies compelled -him to leave the country, and after having selected an asylum in Bohemia, he died at Prague in 1601. On entering the Observatory is a bust of bronze to • '< perpetuate his memory; over the entrance is the fol­ lowing inscription.

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