Nicolaus Copernicus attended Jagiellonian University (1491-1495)

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Copernicus did not receive a degree.

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Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus (/koʊˈpɜːrnɪkəs, kə-/;^[2]^[3]^[4] Polish: Mikołaj Kopernik;^[b] German: Nikolaus Kopernikus; Niklas Koppernigk; 19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance-era mathematician and astronomer, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the universe, in all likelihood independently of Aristarchus of Samos, who had formulated such a model some eighteen centuries earlier.^[5]^[c]^[d]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus Copernicus

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