Manderup Parsberg Manderup Parsberg Manderup Parsberg (December 24, 1546 - November 11, 1625) was a Danish nobleman and politician who was member of the Royal Privy Council to King Christian IV of Denmark. As a student at the University of Rostock he participated in a duel against his third cousin Tycho Brahe in which he cut off most of his nose. The two later became good friends, and he married Tycho's distant cousin Anne Pedersdatter Brahe (1578-1633). Parsberg was lord to Hagesholm. When, in a funeral oration for Brahe, an allusion was made to their unfortunate duel, Parsberg protested and sought redress
Gellio Sasceride erat splendidum" ("[my] debut was excellent"). In 1590, Sasceride had sent to Galileo the only copy of a book until then found in Italy detailing the heliocentric system. The crater Sasserides on the Moon is named after him. It lies near Tycho, named after Tycho Brahe. Gellio Sasceride Gellio Sasceride (Sasserides) (1562–1612) was a Danish astronomer and medical doctor. Sasceride was born in Copenhagen. He worked as an assistant to Tycho Brahe after studying under him. It is believed that the following words were written by Sasceride to Brahe: "Quia adhuc aliquid superest spatii, quae sequuntur paucula, sic expetente typographo,