PAVAO SKALIC

Stanislav Pavao (Paul) Skalić, also known as Paulus Scalichiis from Lika (*1534 in Zagreb, † 1573), was a croatian humanist and author of the first modern Encyclopedia. His book "Encyclopaedia seu orbis disciplinarum tam sacrarum quam prophanarum epistemon..." was published in Basel 1559. He is also the author of the musical thesis "Dialogus de Lyra", that was published 1570 in Cologne. His family was originally from Lika.