Julius Caesar Scaliger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Julius Caesar Scaliger

Italian philosopher

Date of Birth: 23-Apr-1484

Place of Birth: Riva del Garda, Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy

Date of Death: 21-Oct-1558

Profession: writer, physician, classical scholar, philosopher

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Julius Caesar Scaliger (; April 23, 1484 – October 21, 1558), 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 arrogant and 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.