CAPPERONNIER

capperonnier, claude (1671-1744), french classical scholar, the son of a tanner, was born at montdidier on the 1st of may 1671. he studied at amiens and paris, and took orders in the church of rome, but devoted himself almost entirely to classical studies. he declined a professorship in the university of bale, and was afterwards appointed (1722) to the greek chair in the college de france. he published an edition of quintilian (1725) and left behind him at his death an edition of the ancient latin rhetoricians, which was published in 1756. he furnished much material for robert estienne's _thesaurus linguae latinae_. his nephew, jean capperonnier (1716-1775), his successor in the chair of greek at the college de france, was also a distinguished scholar, and published valuable editions of classical authors--caesar, anacreon, plautus, sophocles.