Nicolaus+Copernicus

**Nicolaus Copernicus**

Childhood: Nicolaus Copernicus was born February 19 1473, on St. Annes street in the city of Tourn in the kingdom of Poland, Nicoluas was the youngest of 4 children. in the year of 1491 He enrolled at the krakow for 4 years, then he went back to Tourn to study law. Education: He attended school at the university of Krakow to study mathematics and Astronomy   which the university of Krakow was Famous for teaching. Career: 1503 he went on to receive his doctorate degree in canon law. He studied astronmy but never practiced it Later in 1504 he began to collect observations that were important in the field of Astronomy. Jobs: Secretary from 1503 to 1510 bishops castle in 1510 polish tectonic was from 1519 to 1521 Background: 19 of February 1473- 24 of May 1543. Was a Renaissance Astronomer, and the first to Formulate a comprehensive Heliocentric cosmology which displaced the earth <span style="background-color: #e18989; color: #46ecec; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Achievements: <span style="background-color: #e18989; color: #46ecec; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Nicolaus was an astronomer who discovered that the sun is the center of  <span style="background-color: #e18989; color: #46ecec; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">the universe and the planets and stars revolved around it   <span style="background-color: #e18989; color: #46ecec; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Influence on the world:  <span style="background-color: #e18989; color: #46ecec; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Nicolaus influenced the world by spreading intellectual independence by going against  <span style="background-color: #e18989; color: #46ecec; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">the church, provoking other scientist such as Galileo. he proposed that our sun was the center of the universe.