Nicole Oresme, also known as Nicolas Oresme, Nicholas Oresme, or Nicolas d'Oresme, was a French philosopher of the later Middle Ages. He wrote influential works on economics, mathematics, physics, astrology, astronomy, philosophy, and theology. He was Bishop of Lisieux, a translator, a counselor of King Charles V of France, and one of the most original thinkers of 14th-century Europe. January 9, 1323 – July 19, 1382; died at 59. Alive at the same time as Geoffrey Chaucer, Ibn Battuta, Jan Hus, Giotto, and Bayezid I. Wiki link