Julius Caesar Scaliger, 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.
Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (died 1558)
Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (died 1558)
On April 23, in the year 1484, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (died 1558). This event is recorded as a Notable Births event in the history of April 23, one of 445 recorded events on this date across all of history.
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- This event took place on April 23, 1484 (AD era).
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