Tyco Brahe

The father of modern astronomy.
Compiled a body of astronomical data nine years before the invention of the telescope.
On his own island.
In an observatory he built.
Had a silver prosthetic nose to replace the one he lost duelling.
A pet moose.
Employed a dwarven jester.
Eight children.
Never married.
Pissed off pretty much all of Denmark.
Died drinking.

Dude.