Ulugh Beg
1394 – 1449 · Uzbekistan · Astronomy, Mathematics
Sultan-astronomer whose star catalogue stood unmatched for two centuries.
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- Copernicus
1473 – 1543 · Astronomy, Mathematics
Samarkand's star catalogue supplies the observational standard European astronomy measured against.
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