China / Germany: Adam Schall (1592 - 1666), German Jesuit and astronomer, Director of the Imperial Observatory to the Qing Emperor Shunzhi (r. 1643 - 1661), Athanasius Kircher, 1667

Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Chinese name Tang Ruowang (May 1, 1592 – August 15, 1666) was a German Jesuit and astronomer. 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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