Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (, UMK) is located in Toruń, Poland. It was named after Nicolaus Copernicus who was born in this town in 1473. The first institution of higher education in Torun, the Toruń Academic Gymnasium was founded in 1568 on Piekary street. It was one of the first universities in northern Poland. The Academic Gymnasium was the precursor to scientific and cultural life (including the first museum created in 1594) in the region. Thanks to the efforts of Heinrich Stroband, city mayor in 1594, academics in Toruń received good working conditions for
Nicolas Day coauthored with Ken Simpson and commonly referred to as “Simpson & Day”, which has been published in eight editions from 1984 to 2010, selling over 500,000 copies. As well as the “Simpson & Day” field guide, books featuring Day’s illustrations include: Nicolas Day Nicolas Day (born 1955) is an Australian wildlife artist, illustrator and teacher. Day was born in Surrey, England, and moved to Australia at the age of ten. Having acquired an early interest in natural history, he worked as a keeper at the Melbourne Zoo before turning to wildlife illustration as a career in 1977. He joined a