Joseph Justus Scaliger
Scholar
Joseph Justus Scaliger was a Franco-Italian Calvinist religious leader and scholar, known for expanding the notion of classical history from Greek and Ancient Roman history to include Persian, Babylonian, Jewish and Ancient Egyptian history. He... Wikipedia
Born: August 5, 1540, Agen, France
Died: January 21, 1609 (age 68 years), Leiden, Netherlands
Books: Scaligerana, Lykophronos tou Chalkideos Alexandra kai eis auto touto Isaakiou tou Tzetzou exegema. Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra, cum Graecis Isaacii Tzetzis commentariis. Accedunt versiones, variantes lectiones, emendationes, annotationes, & indices necessarii. Cura & opera Johannis Potteri, A.M. & Collegii Lincolniensis Socii, C. Iulii Cæsaris quæ extant, ex recensione Ios. Scaligeri. With the supplementary commentaries ascribed to Hirtius and others., and more
Parents: Julius Caesar Scaliger