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Casaubon [kəˈsɔːbən (French) kazobɔ̃] n (Biographies / Casaubon, Isaac (1559-1614) M, French, RELIGION: theologian, HISTORY: classical scholar) Isaac (izaak). 1559-1614, French Protestant theologian and classical scholar How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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To her horror, Dorothea discovers, once they are married, that Casaubon is an impotent, emotionally withered pedant, whose grand project has been rendered irrelevant by the latest German research. 63) The most eminent scholars at the Geneva Academy were Jean Calvin who taught theology from 1559 to 1564, Theodore de Beze who taught theology from 1559 to 1595 and in 1598 and 1599, Francois Hotman who taught law from 1572 to 1578, Joseph-Juste Scaliger who taught arts from 1572 to 1574, Isaac Casaubon who taught Greek from 1582 to 1586, and 1587 to 1596, and Giulio Pacio who taught law and sometimes arts from 1575 to 1597. Dorothea and Lydgate end up submitting to the narrow-minded egoism of Casaubon and Rosamond respectively, as well as the prejudices of the Middlemarchers. |
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