Julius Caesar Scaliger
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Italian scholar, physician and philosopher (1484-1558)
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jules
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Riva del Garda
- Place of death
- Agen
- Father
- Benedetto Bordone
- Occupation
- classical scholar
- Languages spoken
- Middle French
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Student of
- Albrecht Dürer
- Field of work
- renaissance humanism
- Image
- Julius Caesar Scaliger - Imagines philologorum.jpg
- Residence
- Agen
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Julius Caesar Scaliger
- date of birth
- 1484-04-23
- date of death
- 1558-10-21
- birth name
- Giulio Bordon
- student
- Muretus
- name in native language
- Jules César Scaliger
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Julius Caesar Scaliger, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Julius Caesar Scaliger Julius Caesar Scaliger (/ˈskælɪdʒər/; 23 April or August 1484 – 21 October 1558), or Giulio Cesare della Scala, was an Italian scholar and physician, who spent a major part of his career in France. He employed the techniques and discoveries of Renaissance humanism to defend Aristotelianism against the New Learning. In spite of his contentious disposition, his contemporary reputation was high. Jacques Auguste de Thou claimed that none of the ancients could be placed above him and that he had no equal in his own time.
Biography
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