Johannes Kepler was a German astronomer born in 1571 who worked with Tycho Brahe and used his data to prove Copernicus's theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun. He discovered the three laws of planetary motion, proving that planets move in elliptical orbits with the Sun at one focus. Kepler had a difficult childhood, married twice, and had five children, though most died in childhood. He died of illness in 1630 at the age of 58.
1. Johannes Kepler
By
Daniel Violette
George Evans
Alex Pritchard
2. Biography
• Kepler was born on December 27, 1571.
• He was born in Weil der Stadt, Württemberg,
What use to be the Holy Roman Empire and is
now Germany.
• While he was growing up he was poor and he
was a sick child.
• He went to University of Tübingen to study
the Lutheran Ministry.
3. Biography
• Kepler’s mother, Katharina, was accused of witch
craft in 1617 by making someone sick by an “evil
brew” in 1615. She was imprisoned in 1620 for
fourteen months.
• Kepler’s first marriage was on April 27, 1597 to
Barbara Müller. They had 4 children but 2 died in
infancy.
• One of the kids is a girl and was born in 1604 and
a son born in 1607. The daughter’s name is
Susana and the son’s name is Friedrich.
4. Biography
• Johannes Kepler got married for a second time
on 1613, October 30th. She was 24 at the time
and her name was Susanna Reuttinger.
• Most of Kepler’s kids died in childhood.
• He had a total of 5 kids out of all his
marriages.
• Kepler worked for a guy named Tycho Brahe.
• Kepler met Tycho Brahe on February 4th, 1600,
with his 3 assistants.
5. Biography
• Kepler stayed in Tycho’s observatory for 2
months.
• Tycho kept his data very personal, but was
very impressed Kepler's theoretical ideas and
soon allowed him more access to his work.
• Later on Kepler and Tycho reached and living
arrangement and they became partners!
6. Copernicus’s Theory
• If it wasn’t for Kepler, no one would know that
Copernicus was right.
• Kepler used reasoning/Logic and math to
prove that his theory was right.
• He proved that the world does revolve around
the sun.
• He also proved that the sun is the center and
all the planets revolve around it.
8. Kepler’s Death
• Kepler died on November 15th, 1630.
• He died at the age of 58!
• He died in Regensburg, Electorate of Bavaria,
HRE. (Now Germany)
• He died from a short, small illness.
• He was buried under a Church which was then
destroyed in the 30 years war.
• His tomb was never recovered.
9. The end
• RECAP
• We told you when Johannes Kepler was born,
died and where he lived.
• We told you what he did that made him
awesome.
• We told you how many wives he had and the
people he worked with.
• Kepler died at the age of 58.
