Scaliger
Americannoun
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Joseph Justus 1540–1609, French scholar and critic.
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his father Julius Caesar, 1484–1558, Italian scholar, philosopher, and critic in France.
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Joseph Justus (ˈdʒʌstəs). 1540–1609, French scholar, who revolutionized the study of ancient chronology by his work De Emendatione temporum (1583)
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his father, Julius Caesar. 1484–1558, Italian classical scholar, and writer on biology and medicine
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His books and essays frequently resurrect fascinating if half-forgotten polymaths, such as astrologer-mathematician Girolamo Cardano, Renaissance architect Leon Battista Alberti, philologist Joseph Scaliger and groundbreaking philosopher of history Giambattista Vico.
From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2020
In his 1583 work De emendatione temporum, Frenchman Joseph Juste Scaliger put the creation in 3949 B.C.
From Slate • Oct. 12, 2012
The Julian calendar, which Scaliger named after his father, counts the days since Day 0.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
They count days since January 1, 4713 BC, a pretty-much arbitrary date that the scholar Joseph Scaliger chose in 1583.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Scaliger chose Day 0 as January 1, 4713, b.c.;
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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