Nicolaus Copernicus, German/Polish Astronomer(1473-1543)

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Just the Facts:

• Name: Mikołaj Kopernik
• Known as: Nicolaus Copernicus, Nikolaus Kopernikus
• Birth: February 19, 1473, Toruń, Poland
• Death: May 24, 1543, Frombork, Poland
• Language: Latin; Polish (?); German (?)
• Who he was: German/Polish astronomer; De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres)
• Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (+10YP); HC

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