Nicolas Copernicus Biography

Nicolas Copernicus biography

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NAME: Nicolas Copernicus
OCCUPATION: Astronomer
BIRTH DATE: February 19, 1473
DEATH DATE: May 24, 1543
EDUCATION: University of Cracow, University of Bologna, University of Padua, University of Ferrara

PLACE OF BIRTH: Toru, Poland
PLACE OF DEATH: Frauenburg, Poland

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Nicholas Copernicus was a Polish astronomer who proposed that the planets rotate around the Sun and not vice versa.

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Born on February 19, 1473, in Toru, Poland, Nicholas Copernicus proposed the idea of a heliocentric (sun centered) solar system and the idea that the Earth, besides orbiting the Sun annually, also turns once daily on its own axis. Copernicus's theory had important consequences for later scientific thinkers, including such major figures as Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, and Newton.