Nicolaus Description Card

Birth and death dates: 2/19/1473, 5/24/1543
Birth place: Royal Prussia
Discovered the heliocentric model, how the earth rotating on its axis, and how the planets orbited in elliptical patterns.
His family were merchants, he had a good education, and he studied astronomy and astrology. He went to Italy to become a doctor and study church law, he later graduated. Whilst at university he was introduced to the criticisms of astrology. He became so famous as an astronomer he was a consult on the reforma