Tycho Brahe

Tycho Brahe was given the name Tyge by his parents Beate Bille and Otte Brahe.It also stated that succession to the headship would give preference to Tycho Brahe's own.His uncle, Jorgen Brahe (in Tycho's own words, see for example).For simplicity we shall use the name Tycho throughout this biography.Tycho was one of twin sons, but his twin died shortly after birth.His parents had one older daughter but Tycho was their eldest son.A strange episode occurred when Tycho was two years old.Tycho attended this school until he was twelve years old, then began his university studies.On 19 April 1559 Tycho began his studies at the University of Copenhagen.A consequence of this was that Tycho developed an interest in medicine and alchemy.