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Nicolaus Copernicus
Portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus, 1580, from the Town Hall in ToruÅ, Poland; in the collection of Muzeum OkrÄgowe w Toruniu (Regional Museum in ToruÅ). In his book De revolutionibus, he proposed that the Sun was the center of the solar system and that the planets circle the Sun.
Before moving to Italy to continue his education, Nicolaus Copernicus studied liberal arts, including astronomy and astrology, at the University of Cracow. He attended the university between 1491 and approximately 1494, though he left before completing his degree to resume his studies in Italy.12