Person    | Male  Born 19/2/1473  Died 24/5/1543

Nicolaus Copernicus

Categories: Science

Countries: Poland

Mathematician and astronomer. Argued that the Sun, not the Earth, was the centre of the universe.

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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