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Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer | |
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.png) 1775–1778 silhouette portrait of Valckenaer; his only known likeness | |
| Born | 7 June 1715 |
| Died | 15 March 1785 (aged 69) Leiden, County of Holland, Dutch Republic |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Leiden University |
Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer (Latinized as Ludovicus Casparus Valckenaer; 7 June 1715, Leeuwarden – 15 March 1785, Leiden) was a Dutch classical scholar, at Leiden. He was a follower of Tiberius Hemsterhuis, and his successor in 1766 in the chair of Greek at Leiden.[citation needed] He was born in Leeuwarden.
The jurist and politician Johan Valckenaer (1759–1821) was his son.
