Johann Adam Schall von Bell
✓ Source-basedstableGerman astronomer and Jesuit missionary active in China
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Johann Adam Schall von Bell was a German Jesuit, astronomer and instrument-maker. He spent most of his life as a missionary in China and became an adviser to the Shunzhi Emperor of the Qing dynasty.
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About this person
Country
GermanyCategory
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1592 to 1666 · aged 74
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