CHILDHOOD
Nicolaus Copernicus was the son of a Merchant. He had grown up in Poland. For schooling, Nicolaus had gone to school at the University of Krakow to study mathematics and astronomy, which the University of Krakow was famous for teaching. Nicolaus' uncle seems rather close to him throughout his life. Also, his eventful life seemed to start young. At age thirteen, 1486, Nicolaus was under his uncles rule. At age eighteen, 1491, he had just been discovering astronomy.