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Johann Adam Schall von Bell
 
* 1591 Lüftelberg or Cologne, Germany
+ 1666 Beijing

   

Johann Adam Schall von Bell was a German Jesuit, astronomer and instrument-maker.
He spent most of his life as a missionary in China (where he is remembered as "Tang Ruowang")
and became an adviser to the Shunzhi Emperor of the Qing dynasty.