Near South Side in Chicago in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Nicholaus Copernicus

Mikołai Kopernik -

— 1473-1543 —

Nicholas Copernicus Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, November 14, 2016

1. Nicholas Copernicus Marker

Front Panel

Inscription. By reforming astronomy
he initiated modern science
Mikołai Kopernik
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish Astronomer
1473-1543

Erected in 1973 by the Copernicus
Foundation and the Polish American
Congress to Commemorate the
500th Anniversary of his birth

Erected 1973 by the Copernicus Foundation and the Polish American Congress.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1973.

Location. 41° 51.981′ N, 87° 36.466′ W. Marker is in Chicago, Illinois, in Cook County. It is in the Near South Side. It is on East Solidarity Drive. In front of the Adler Planetarium. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Chicago IL 60605, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Olmec Head #8 (approx. 0.4 miles away); Balbo Monument (approx. 0.4 miles away); Chicago Police Officers War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Special Olympics Eternal Flame of Hope (approx. half a mile away); Original Peoples Homeland (approx. half a mile away); Tribute to Freedom and Water Wall (approx. half a mile away); Walter Payton (approx. 0.6 miles away); George S. Halas (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chicago.

Also see . . . Nicolaus Copernicus. Wikipedia, “Nicolaus Copernicus (19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe…" (Submitted on February 5, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.)

Nicholaus Copernicus Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, November 14, 2016

2. Nicholaus Copernicus Marker

Rear Panel

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, November 14, 2016

3. Nicholas Copernicus Marker

Nicholaus Copernicus image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, November 14, 2016

4. Nicholaus Copernicus

The original sculpture was designed by Bartel Thorwaldson in 1823 for the Stazic Palace in Warsaw. This version of the statue was cast under the supervision of Bronislaw Koniuszy and installed in Chicago in 1973.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, November 14, 2016

5. Nicholaus Copernicus

“Copernicus is depicted in a moment of reflection, dressed in 16th century Polish robes, his eyes turned toward the stars. In his hands he holds the instruments that identify him as an astronomer, an open compass and resting on his knee, an armillary sphere, or model of the solar system.” — SIRIS

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, November 14, 2016

6. Nicholaus Copernicus

Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 5, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 459 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on February 5, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.