Guo Shoujing
Mathematician, Astronomer
1231 – 1316
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Who was Guo Shoujing?
Guo Shoujing, courtesy name Ruosi, was a Chinese astronomer, engineer, and mathematician born in Xingtai, Hebei who lived during the Yuan Dynasty. The later Johann Adam Schall von Bell was so impressed with the preserved astronomical instruments of Guo that he called him "the Tycho Brahe of China."
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- Born
- 1231
Xingtai - Also known as
- Guo Shoujin
- Profession
- Died
- 1316
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on July 23, 2013
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