Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer (

Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019). It is the provincial capital and seat of the ...

, 7 June 1715 –

Leiden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration wit ...

, 15 March 1785) was a Dutch classical scholar, at

. He was a follower of

Tiberius Hemsterhuis Tiberius Hemsterhuis (9 January 16857 April 1766) was a Dutch philologist and critic. Life He was born in Groningen. His father, a learned physician, gave him a good early education and he entered the university of his native city in his fifte ...

, and his successor in 1766 in the chair of Greek at Leiden. He was born in

. The jurist and politician

Johan Valckenaer Johan Valckenaer (Franeker, 21 January 1759 - Bennebroek, 1821) was a Dutch professor who specialized in Roman law. He was a passionate and combative patriot who promoted the right to bear weapons. In 1787 he went in exile in France and in 1793 h ...

(1759–1821) was his son.

Works

*''Ammonius. De adfinium vocabulorum differentia'' (Leiden 1739) *''Dictata in antiquitates Graecas'' (1751) *''Observationes philologicae in Evangelium Lucae'' (1751) *''Observationes philologicae in Actus Apostolicos'' (1752) *''Observationes philologicae in primam Pauli epistolam ad Corinthios'' (1752) *''Phoenissae'' (1755) *''Diatribe in Euripidis deperditorum dramatum reliquias'' (1767) *''Euripidis Tragoedia Hippolytus'' (Commentary, 1768)

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1715 births 1785 deaths Dutch classical scholars Classical scholars of Leiden University People from Leeuwarden University of Franeker alumni Leiden University alumni Academic staff of the University of Franeker Academic staff of Leiden University {{Netherlands-bio-stub