Copernicus takes a Ferrara doctorate in canon law on 31 May 1503
On 31 May 1503 Copernicus took a Ferrara doctorate in canon law. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.
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On 31 May 1503 Copernicus took a Ferrara doctorate in canon law. The instrument is that degree, not a later collected-works title-page. Nicolaus Copernicus's documented role is: He received the degree. Ferrara examined. The chapter wanted a lawyer-canon. He did not write Gratian.
Context
The Warmia chapter is the employer-heading. Sharing that chapter job is required. Frombork installation is neighbouring. The setting of Copernicus takes a Ferrara doctorate in canon law on 31 May 1503 is the public file around 1503-05-31. Driver edu-digital-learning-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
Why it matters
Improving path from Copernicus takes a Ferrara doctorate in canon law on 31 May 1503 on 1503-05-31. A dated canon-law doctorate is an education path. The welfare reading on this path is improving.
Shared responsibility is part of Copernicus takes a Ferrara doctorate in canon law on 31 May 1503. Naming Nicolaus Copernicus does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1503-05-31 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Nicolaus Copernicus
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.36 · verified
He received the degree. Ferrara examined. The chapter wanted a lawyer-canon. He did not write Gratian.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactCopernicus takes a Ferrara doctorate in canon law on 31 May 1503
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicators (3)Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
impact weight 0.3 · Effect from 31 May 1503 · verified
A dated canon-law doctorate is an education path.
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.12 (weight 0.3 × strength 0.4)
Observed
70% of 10-year-olds · 70 above the normal line (2022)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 57% of 10-year-olds (2019) and 70% of 10-year-olds (2022).
20192022 Above normal = worse
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.1 (weight 0.3 × strength 0.35)
Observed
472 PISA score points · 28 below the normal line (2022)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2003–2022: fell from 499 PISA score points to 472 PISA score points.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.09 (weight 0.3 × strength 0.3)
Observed
11% of primary-school-age children · 11 above the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalAbove normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.MacTutor — Copernicus, Ferrara doctorate neighbourhoodUniversity of St Andrews · High credibility · verified
- 2.Britannica — Nicolaus Copernicus, Bologna neighbourhoodEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Official locator: MacTutor — Copernicus, Ferrara doctorate neighbourhood at https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Copernicus/ (opens in a new tab) (University of St Andrews). Independent locator: Britannica — Nicolaus Copernicus, Ferrara neighbourhood at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicolaus-Copernicus (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: MacTutor — Copernicus, Ferrara doctorate neighbourhood (https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Copernicus/ (opens in a new tab); University of St Andrews). Independent carrier: Britannica — Nicolaus Copernicus, Ferrara neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicolaus-Copernicus (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).
Established: a sourced public record of Copernicus takes a Ferrara doctorate in canon law on 31 May 1503 under 1503-05-31 for Nicolaus Copernicus. Established: a sourced public record of Copernicus takes a Ferrara doctorate in canon law on 31 May 1503 under 1503-05-31.
If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.
Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. One degree. Mixed effects of Copernicus takes a Ferrara doctorate in canon law on 31 May 1503 are separate paths.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorNicolaus Copernicus
- contributed toFactCopernicus takes a Ferrara doctorate in canon law on 31 May 1503
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
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Factrail. (2026). Copernicus takes a Ferrara doctorate in canon law on 31 May 1503. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/cp-ferrara-1503
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Accessed 16 October 2026.
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