Isaac Casaubon

Classical scholar and philologist (1559–1614)

1559 – 1614 ·

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Born: 18 February 1559, Geneva
Died: 1 July 1614, London
Citizenship: France, Kingdom of England, Republic of Geneva
Worked in: Geneva, Montpellier, Paris
Educated at: University of Geneva
Field of work: linguistics
Employer: Collège de France, University of Geneva
Religion: Reformed Christianity
Buried at: Westminster Abbey
attested in: Mare Magnum (vol. 82)
child: Méric Casaubon
depicted by: Isaac Casaubon
described by source: Svensk uppslagsbok, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, BEIC Digital Library, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne
family name: Casaubon
father: Arnauld Casaubon
given name: Isaac
instance of: human
languages spoken, written or signed: Latin
mother: Jeanne Rousseau
name in native language: Isaac Casaubon
pseudonym: Misoponerus, Hortusbonus
sex or gender: male

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Isaac Casaubon (; French: [kazobɔ̃]; 18 February 1559 – 1 July 1614) was a classical scholar and philologist, first in France and then later in England. His son Méric Casaubon was also a classical scholar.

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François Portus

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Animaduersionum in Athenaei Deipnosophistas libri quindecim

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Méric Casaubon

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