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Scaliger, Joseph Justus

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Eminent scholar, son of the following, born at Agen; educated by his father; followed in his father's footsteps, and far surpassed him in scholarship; travelled over Europe, and became a zealous Protestant; accepted the chair of belles lettres in the University of Leyden on condition that he should not be called upon to lecture, and gave himself up to a life of study, especially on matters philological and literary; was a man of universal knowledge, and the creator of modern chronology (1540-1609).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Scaliger, Joseph Justus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/scaliger-joseph-justus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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