My Jesuit was struck by the instance, and promised to read more geometry—he was no Clavius—before he published his book.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II)|Augustus De Morgan
Clavius
/ (ˈkleɪvɪəs) /
noun
one of the largest of the craters on the moon, about 230 kilometres (145 miles) in diameter, whose walls have peaks up to 5700 metres (19 000 feet) above the floor. It lies in the SE quadrant