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Nicole Oresme

Type Figure Region France Time c. 1323–1382 Also known as Nicole Oresme、Nicolas Oresme、Nicolaus Oresmius

Nicole Oresme was a 14th-century French scholar, theologian, and later Bishop of Lisieux, who wrote extensively on mathematics, economics, astronomy,…

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  1. c. 1348–1360Paris · FranceHe studied theology at the Collège de Navarre in Paris and taught there in the 1350s, obtaining a master's degree in theology around 1356, researching infinite series, proportions, and coordinate representation, and writing a treatise on the debasement of money.
  2. 1360–1377Paris · FranceFrom the 1360s he served as advisor to King Charles V of France, translated Aristotle's 'Ethics' and 'Politics', explored the possibility of the earth's rotation, and completed a series of treatises in music theory and astronomy.
  3. 1377–1382Lisieux · NormandyIn 1377 he was appointed Bishop of Lisieux by Pope Gregory XI, carrying out his pastoral duties in Normandy until his death in 1382; his scholarly legacy spread across Europe through manuscript copies.

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