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{{Short description|American businessman and author (1747–1806)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Timothy Dexter
| image = Timothy Dexter.jpg
| caption = Dexter in 1805
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1747|1|22}}
| birth_place = [[Malden, Massachusetts|Malden]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], [[British America]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1806|10|23|1747|1|22}}
| death_place = [[Newburyport, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| resting_place = [[Old Burial Hill (Marblehead, Massachusetts)|Old Hill Burying Ground]], Dexter Family Plot, Newburyport
| resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} -->
| known_for = Uncommon good fortune, eccentricity
| notable_works = ''[[A Pickle for the Knowing Ones]]'' (1802)
| occupation = [[Entrepreneur]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Elizabeth (Lord) Frothingham|1770}}
| children = {{ubl|Nancy Dexter|Samuel Dexter}}
}}

'''Timothy Dexter''' (January 22, 1747 – October 23, 1806), self-styled '''Lord Timothy Dexter''', was an American businessman noted for his eccentric behavior and writings. He became wealthy through marriage and a series of improbably successful investments and spent his fortune lavishly. Though barely educated or literate, Dexter considered himself "the greatest [[philosopher]] in the known world", and authored a book, ''[[A Pickle for the Knowing Ones]]'', which espouses his views on various topics and became notorious for its unusual misspellings and grammatical errors.