CLAUDE (1671–1744), an eminent classical scholar, was the son of a tanner at Mont-Dahier. 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 Basle, and was afterwards appointed to the Greek chair in the university of Paris. He published an edition of Quintilian, and left behind him at his death an edition of the Ancient Latin Rhetoricians. His nephew, Jean Capperonier, was also a famous linguist.