After the death of his parents when he was twelve years old, he was raised by his uncle the bishop. His mother was the sister of the future bishop of Ermland. His heliocentric theory sparked a scientific renaissance, commonly termed the Copernican Revolution.īorn in the Prussian city of Thorn on February 19, 1473, Copernicus was the son of a wealthy Polish merchant. Canon lawyer, soldier, mathematician, physician, economist, astronomer, and (this is not certain) priest, Copernicus’s fields of study spanned the spectrum. Best known for his challenge to the geocentric cosmology of Ptolemy, Nicolaus Copernicus was a man of diverse accomplishments.
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