Pierre Léonard Vander Linden

{{Short description|Belgian entomologist}}

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Pierre Léonard Vander Linden (12 December 1797 – 5 April 1831) was a Dutch entomologist. He studied Odonata as a student.{{cite journal| last=Wasscher | first=Marcel Th. | last2=Verspui | first2=Karin | last3=Cammaerts | first3=Roger | title= An Aeshna affinis watercolour by Pierre Léonard Vander Linden (1797-1831) found in the Selys’ collection. | journal= Notulae odonatologicae| volume=8 | issue=7 | date=2016-06-01 | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311924038_An_Aeshna_affinis_watercolour_by_Pierre_Leonard_Vander_Linden_1797-1831_found_in_the_Selys%27_collection | access-date=2024-10-09 | page=240–245}} In 1826 he was appointed as the first professor of zoology in Belgium, at the Musée des Sciences et Lettres in Brussels.