Author · 1473 to 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer.
- Books
- 1
- Editions tracked
- 1
- First editions
- 0
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Poland
- Born
- Toruń, 1473
- Died
- Frombork, 1543
Life
About Nicolaus Copernicus
Writer
- Known as
- astronomer, jurist, economist, mathematician
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Poland, statelessness, Royal Prussia
Background
- Educated at
- Jagiellonian University, University of Padua, University of Bologna, University of Ferrara
- Influenced by
- Aristarchus of Samos, Martianus Capella, Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara, Ptolemy, Aristotle, Al-Battani
- Buried
- Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Andrew in Frombork
Awards and honours
- International Space Hall of Fame (1995)
Notable works
- Commentariolus
- De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
From Wikidata (CC0); Wikipedia has articles on Nicolaus Copernicus in 180 languages.
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Nicolaus Copernicus was born in 1473 and died in 1543.
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Nicolaus Copernicus has won International Space Hall of Fame (1995), according to Wikidata.