Copernic . . (feb 19, 1473 – may 21, 1543)
Description:
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance-era mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe, likely independently of Aristarchus of Samos, who had formulated such a model some eighteen centuries earlier.Added to timeline:
Date:
feb 19, 1473
may 21, 1543
~ 70 years