Copernicus biography worksheets

Let’s find out more about Nicolaus Copernicus!

Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer who notably claimed that the Earth and other planets rotated around the Sun in a heliocentric system, rather than in a geocentric system in which the Earth is the centre, as was widely assumed at the time.

Copernicus biography worksheets

Just before he passed away in , Copernicus published his model in his book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres), which became the catalyst for the Copernican Revolution and made a significant contribution to the Scientific Revolution.

EARLY LIFE AND OBSERVATIONS

• Mikoaj Kopernik, also known as Nicolaus Copernicus, was born in Toru, Poland, on 19 February CE (then part of Prussia).

  While his father was a prosperous businessman, after his passing in CE, Copernicus was raised by his maternal uncle, Lucas Watzenrode. Significantly, Watzenrode ultimately rose to the position of Bishop of Warmia, an