William Alfred Packard
William Alfred Packard (August 26, 1830 – December 2, 1909) was an American classical scholar, born at Brunswick, Maine.[1] He was the son of the educator, Alpheus Spring Packard, Sr., and the brother of entomologist Alpheus Spring Packard. He attended Phillips Academy, Andover and graduated at Bowdoin in 1851, studied at the University of Göttingen in 1857-58, and became a professor at Princeton. He wrote for the Presbyterian Review and the Princeton Review. He died of heart disease in Princeton, New Jersey.[2]
References
- ^ Staff report (1909). De Mortuis. Annual report - Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
- ^ Staff report (December 3, 1909). DR. WILLIAM A. PACKARD DEAD. Professor of Latin In Princeton University Since 1870. New York Times
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