On 3/18/10 9:09 AM, BluStar wrote:
I am looking for Web sites of university or college where he studied
astronomy.

Regards




In 1491, Copernicus was sent off to Cracow University, where he
pursued a course of general studies for four years before
traveling to Italy to study law and medicine, as was common
practice among Polish elites at the time.

While studying at the University of Bologna (where he would
eventually become a professor of astronomy) Copernicus boarded
at the home of Domenico Maria de Novara, the renowned
mathematician of whom Copernicus would ultimately become a
disciple. Novara was a critic of Ptolomy, whose second-century
astronomy he regarded with skepticism.

In november of 1500, Copernicus observed a lunar eclipse in
Rome. Although he spent the next few years in Italy studying
medicine, he never lost his passion for astronomy.

After receiving a degree of Doctor of Canon Law, Copernicus
practiced medicine at the episcopal court of Keilsberg, where
his uncle lived. Royalty and high clergy requested his medical
services, but Copernicus spent most of his time in service of
the poor.

In 1503, he returned to Poland and moved into his uncle's
bishopric place in Lidzbark Warmiknsky. There he tended to
administrative matters of the diocese, as well as serving as an
advisor to his uncle.