COPERNICUS

WORK

• He was a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer.
• He formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.
• Martin Luther doubted his theory "This fool wants to turn the whole art of astronomy upside down."

EDUCATION

• Upon his father's death, young Nicolaus' maternal uncle, Lucas Watzenrode the Younger (1447–1512), took the boy under his wing and saw to his education and career.
• There's no record of him ever earning a bachelor's degree.
• He went to 4 universities.

QOUTE

• " Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars."

BORN/DEATH AND AGE

• He was born on February 19 ,1473.
• He died May 24 1543
• He lived to be 70 years old.

LIFE

• He never married anyone.
• His father was a merchant from Kraków and his mother was the daughter of a wealthy Toruń merchant.
• He was the youngest of 4 children.

SOURCES

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus
• http://www.biography.com/people/nicolaus-copernicus-9256984