Scal·i·ger (sk l  -jr), Julius Caesar 1484-1558. Italian physician and scholar noted for his scientific and philosophical writings. His son Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540-1609), a French scholar, pioneered the modern study of classical texts. |
Scaliger [ˈskælɪdʒə]
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1. (Biographies / Scaliger, Joseph Justus (1540-1609) M, French, MISC: scholar) Joseph Justus (ˈdʒʌstəs). 1540-1609, French scholar, who revolutionized the study of ancient chronology by his work De Emendatione temporum (1583)
2. (Biographies / Scaliger, Julius Caesar (1484-1558) M, Italian, HISTORY: classical scholar, SCIENCE: biologist, MEDICINE: writer) his father, Julius Caesar. 1484-1558, Italian classical scholar, and writer on biology and medicine
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