Copernicus Granite Bust
Photo by: Colletta
1996 replica of the original bronze bust sculpted by Frank Jiroush

Granite replica of Frank Jiroush’s original bronze bust.  Replica, using original plaster mold, dedicated on September 10, 1961. Rededicated Fall, 1996.

Nicolaus Copernicus  1473-1543  Polish Renaissance astronomer.  First to develop a complete heliocentric cosmology which placed the Sun at the center of the universe and not Earth.