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Tadeáš Hájek
1525Dec, 1

Tadeáš Hájek

Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)
Tadeáš Hájek z Hájku (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtadeaːʃ ˈɦaːjɛk ˈzɦaːjku]) (1 December 1525 in Prague – 1 September 1600 in Prague), also known as Tadeáš Hájek of Hájek, Thaddaeus Hagecius ab Hayek or Thaddeus Nemicus, was a Czech naturalist, personal physician of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II and an astronomer in the Kingdom of Bohemia.

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