Scaliger

 [skal-i-jer]  

Scal·i·ger

   [skal-i-jer]
noun
1.
Joseph Jus·tus  [juhs-tuhs] , 1540–1609, French scholar and critic.
2.
his father, Julius Caesar, 1484–1558, Italian scholar, philosopher, and critic in France.
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Scaliger (ˈskælɪdʒə)
 
—n
1.  Joseph Justus (ˈdʒʌstəs). 1540--1609, French scholar, who revolutionized the study of ancient chronology by his work De Emendatione temporum (1583)
2.  his father, Julius Caesar. 1484--1558, Italian classical scholar, and writer on biology and medicine

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