Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: beijing , qing empire - caption: portrait of adam schall - death date: 15 august 1666 - ethnicity: german - field: astronomy , religion - birth date: 1 may 1592 - name: johann adam schall von bell - image size: 180px - image: adam schall.jpg - birth place: cologne or luftelberg , holy roman empire - religion: roman catholic - alma mater: collegium germanicum , gregorianum Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of johann adam schall von bell .
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johann adam schall von bell -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- may 1 , 1592 - august 15 , 1666 -rrb- 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 .