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There is no reason to call him a Dr. He held a degree, as a Doctor of Canon Law, but in the academic world, the title of 'doctor' is typically used by those who are a Doctor of Philosophy. Copernicus himself would have known that, and never referred to himself as Dr Copernicus.

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