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erick of Denmark, appreciating his great tal-
ents, invited him to carry out his life’s work
in that country. He granted to him the
island of Hveen, gave him a pension, and
made him a canon of the Cathedral of Roskilde.
On that island Tycho Brahe built the splen-
did observatory which he called Uraniborg,
and, later, a second one for his assistants
and students, called Stjerneborg. These he
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