Nicolaus Copernicus

Michal Kokowski

Ed. by Ewa M. Thompson, Rice University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.8.3: Polish Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Ewa M. Thompson (Rice University)

Dates

Born 19 Feb 1473
Died 24 May 1543
Activity 1500-1543

Places

Born in Poland
Active in Poland

Activities

Primary

Astronomer

Other

Civil servant
Physician/ Doctor

Resources

Copernicus' Works

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Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik, Nikolaus Kopernikus) was a Catholic canon, astronomer, philosopher of nature, economist, medical doctor, canon lawyer, mathematician, and translator. He was born on February 19, 1473 in Toruń (Thorn), a Hanseatic town in Royal Prussia (a part of the Polish Kingdom). He died between 7–21 of May, 1543 (the exact date is debatable), in Frombork (Frauenburg), a town in Warmia of Royal Prussia (the Warmia district had a political status of a bishopric duchy with a certain autonomy from Royal Prussia).

Between 1491 and 1495 he studied at the Faculty of the Arts at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, during the golden age of that university’s department of astronomy. However, he dropped out before his final exams to avoid submitting himself to the

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Citation: Kokowski, Michal. "Nicolaus Copernicus". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 April 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1013, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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