Charles Walckenaer

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Baron Charles Walckenaer
Born	(1771-12-25)25 December 1771 Paris
Died	28 April 1852(1852-04-28) (aged 80) Paris
Education	University of Oxford, University of Glasgow, École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, École polytechnique
Known for	Biographies of La Fontaine and others
Parents	Illegitimate son of Charles-Nicolas Duclos du Fresnoy (father) Anne Pajot de Villeperrot (mother)
Scientific career
Fields	Arachnology, entomology
Institutions	Royal Library of France, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
Author abbrev. (zoology)	Walckenaer

Baron Charles Athanase Walckenaer (25 December 1771 – 28 April 1852) was a French civil servant, writer, man of letters, and scientist. He was a polymath and wrote extensively on geography, natural history, and literature. Major contributions included his multi-volume natural histories of arachnids and insects, some published in collaboration with others. He was made a baron in 1823.