Joseph Justus Scaliger
French historian
- Lived
- 1540–1609
- Country
- Dutch Republic
- Also writes as
- Nicolas Vincent, I. R. Batavus, Joannes Rutgers, Nicolaus Vincentius
Updated September 2026
About Joseph Justus Scaliger
Joseph Justus Scaliger was a Franco-Italian philologist and historian, known for expanding the notion of classical history from Greek and Ancient Roman history to include Persian, Babylonian, Jewish and Ancient Egyptian history. A Protestant convert, he spent the last sixteen years of his life in the Netherlands.
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