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Aristotle was born June 19, 384 BC.
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Joins Plato's academy at the age of 18 (366 BC) and stays there until he was 37 (347 BC).
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Aristotle tutored Alexander the Great at the request of Philip the 2nd of Macedon.
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Aristotle died March 7, 322 BC. He lived about 62 years.
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Ptolemy was born in Alexandria, Egypt.
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Ptolemy created the Geocentric model.
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Ptolemy died in Alexandria, Egypt. He lived about 68-70 years.
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Nicolaus was born in Thorn, Poland.
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Nicolaus created the Heliocentric model.
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Nicolaus died in Frombork, Poland. He lived to about 70 years old.
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Tycho Brahe was born in Knutstorp Castle, Scania, Denmark(Sweden).
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Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Duchy of Florence
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Tycho Brahe discovered a light brighter than Venus, a new star as he called it.
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Tycho Brahe's name became well-known in 1573, the year after he discovered the new star which we now know that it was actually a supernova.
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Tycho Brahe died in Prague, Habsburg Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire (Czech Republic). He lived about 54 years old.
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Galileo Galilei created his first telescope.
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Galileo discovered that Jupiter has 4 moons orbiting around it, and that Saturn has rings.
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Galileo Galilei died in Arcetri, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. He lived about 77 years old.
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Isaac Newton was born in Lincolnshire, England.
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Isaac discovered gravity, which keeps the planets orbiting and keeps people standing on earth. He also discovered how to solve mathematical problems
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Isaac died in Kensington, England. He lived about 84 years old.