Casaubon
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Casaubon may mean:
- Isaac Casaubon (1559-1614), classical scholar
- Méric Casaubon (1599-1671), classical scholar, son of Isaac
Edward Casaubon is a fictional character in Middlemarch by George Eliot, whose name alludes to his old-fashioned scholarly interests by referring to the above.
Casaubon (no first name given) is a fictional character Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco; also a scholar his name refers both to Issac Casaubon and Eliot's Edward Casaubon.