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Copernicus [Kopernik; Koppernigk; wrongly also Kopernikus], Nicolaus [Polish: Mikolaj; sometimes also: Nicolas or Nicholas]

Born: 19 February 1473, Torun (Thorn), Poland
Died: 24 May 1543, Frauenburg (Frombork), Poland

Astronomer, clergyman

External documents

Biographies, bibliographies and references

• Biographical data and references, by Richard S. Westfall
• Biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
• Biography and references
• Biography (in German)
• Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Short biography and extended bibliography (in German)
• Short biography and references (in German)
• Short biography (11 Feb 1998: disappeared)
• Short biography, by Robert S. Westman
• Short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Short biography
• Short biography
• Short biography, by J. G. Hagen
  From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
• Short biography
• Short biography
• Short biography
• Short biography (in German)
• Short biography (in German)
• Short biography (written for children)
• Short biography (in Polish)
• Very short biography and references
• Very short biography
• Very short biography
• Very short biography
• Very short biography
• Very short biography
• Unknown portrait
  (Günther Oestmann kindly informed me that this portrait is probably a fake. See: Batowski, Zygmunt: Wizerunki Kopernika, Torun 1933. - Coppernicusbildnisse. Berlin 1942.)
• Copernicus-Forschungsstelle (in German)
• Deutsche Nicolaus-Copernicus-Gesamtausgabe (in German)
• Bibliography
• Bibliographies
• Library of Congress entries (1)
• Library of Congress entries (2) (See also this entry and this entry (misspelled).)

Archives

• De revolutionibus
  Online version of the manuscript at Jagiellonian Library, Cracow, Poland.
• Kopernik 500th Anniversary Committee of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Urban Archives

Places

• Nicolaus Copernicus Monument, Chicago, USA
• Walking Round Old Cracow, Poland
  Includes also information about Copernicus in Cracow, on the monument and on a portrait.
• Monument to Copernicus : A Work-In-Progress, Cracow, Poland
• Cracow (5)
  Collegium Maius mentioned, where Copernicus studied from 1491 to 1494.
• Frombork - Nicolaus Copernicus
• Lidzbark Warminski Castle, Poland
  Copernicus lived here.
• Torun: Nicolaus Copernicus' birthplace, Poland
• Torun: The monument to Nicolaus Copernicus (See also here.)
• Torun: Copernicus' House (See also here.)
• Warsaw (8)
  The monument to Copernicus is mentioned.
• The Polish Museum & Archives in Australia
  Including information about the celebration of Copernicus' 500th anniversary in Australia.
• Copernicus-Denkmal, Niederkassel, Germany (in German)

Namings

• Nicholas Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
• Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Torun, Poland
• Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, Poland
• Volkssterrenwacht [Public Observatory] Copernicus, Haarlem, The Netherlands
• Nicolaus-Copernicus-Planetarium, Nuremberg, Germany (in German) (See also here.)
• Kopernikus-Oberschule Berlin-Steglitz, Germany (most in German)
• Kopernikus-Gymnasium Walsum, Duisburg, Germany (in German)
• Nikolaus-Kopernikus-Schule Leipzig, Germany (in German, partly English)
• Städt. Kopernikus Gymnasium Niederkassel, Germany (in German)
• Copernicus-Gymnasium Philippsburg, Germany (in German) (See also here.)
• Nikolaus-Kopernikus-Gymnasium, Weissenhorn, Germany (in German)
• Kopernikus-Gymnasium, Wissen, Germany (in German)
• Nicolaus Copernicus Endowment at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
• Copernicus Gesellschaft e.V.
• Copernicus satellite
• Nicholas Copernicus Provincial Public Library and City Library, Torun, Poland (in Polish)
• Copernicus: toys and gifts for the imagination
• Upstalsboom Hotel Kopernikus, Berlin (in German)
• KOPERNIKUS ® (in German)

Further links

• Links to WWW sources
• Links to WWW sources
• Find more about Copernicus with Alta Vista

Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 18 Feb 1998. Latest update: 20 Feb 2002