The man, who was later dubbed as "The Father of Modern Astronomy," was born on the 14th Dec 1546 at Knutstorp Castle in the southern Swedish province of Skåne.  At the age of 12, the talented youngster was admitted to Copenhagen University.   He studied there for three years before continuing his studies at Leipzig where he began in earnest to study natural science and astronomy.

In 1563, he began carrying out fundamental astronomical observations and came to the conclusion that,  "I've studied all available charts of the planets and stars and none of them match the others. There are just as many measurements and methods as there are astronomers and all of them disagree. What's needed is a long term project with the aim of mapping the heavens conducted from a single location over a period of several years."

It was this project conceived of as a youth which Tycho Brahe was to spend 20 years realising on the island of Hven, the project financed mostly by the Danish state

Tycho returned to Skåne around 1570 after further studies in Rostock, Wittenberg, Basel and Augsburg. He continued his studies in alchemy, (the forerunner of modern physics and chemistry)
at his uncle's, Steen Bille, at Herrevadskloster in Skåne.