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Nicolaus Copernicus
(1473-1543)
Who Was Copernicus?
Circa 1508, Nicolaus Copernicus developed his own celestial model of a heliocentric planetary system.
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Around 1514, he shared his findings in the Commentariolus. His second book on the topic, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, was banned by the Roman Catholic Church decades after his May 24, 1543 death in Frombork.
Early Life and Education
Famed astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikolaj Kopernik, in Polish) came into the world on February 19, 1473.
The fourth and youngest child born to Nicolaus Copernicus Sr. and Barbara Watzenrode, an affluent copper merchant family in Torun, West Prussia, Copernicus was technically of German heritage. By the time he was born, Torun had ceded to Poland, rendering him a citizen under the Polish crown.
German was Copernicus' first language, but some scholars believe that he spoke some Polish as well.
During the mid-1480s, Copernicus' father passed away. His maternal uncle, Bishop of Var