PACKARD, William Alfred. Brunswick, Maine 26.8.1830 — Princeton 2.12.1909. U.S. Classical Scholar interested in Sanskrit. Son of Rev. Alpheus Spring Packard Sr. (1798–1884), a minister and educator, and Elizabeth Frances Appleton (1804–1839). Educated at Bowdoin College (A.B. 1851, A.M. 1854), tutor at the same 1853-54. Graduated from Andover Theological Seminar in 1857. Further studies at Göttingen 1857-58. Then in 1859 Instructor of Modern Languages at Bowdoin, 1859-63 Professor of Modern Languages at Dartmouth, and 1863-70 Professor of Greek Language and Literature. From 1870 until his death Professor of Latin Language and Literature at Princeton. Died of heart disease. Married 1861 Susan Breese Callagher (1832–1886), one daughter.
Publications: Wrote on classical philology.
Sources: Who Was Who in America 1, 1897-1942; geni.com with small photo; Wikipedia briefly.
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