STACE, Walter Terence

STACE, Walter Terence. Hampstead, London 17.11.1886 — Laguna Beach, Calif. 2.8.1967. British Civil Servant in Sri Lanka. Son of Major Edward Vincent Stace of Royal Artillery and Amy Mary Watson. Educated ar Bath College and ar Fettes College in Edinburgh. Planning priestly career he studied at Trinity College, Dublin, but…

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WINANS, Samuel Ross

WINANS, Samuel Ross. Lyons Farms, NJ 1.3.1855 — Princeton, NJ 25.7.1910. U.S. Classical Philologist also interested in Sanskrit. Son of the elder S.R.W. and Ann D. Woodruff. Educated at Princeton (A.B. 1874, Ph.D. 1882). In 1876-81 tutor in Greek, 1881-83 adj. Professor of Greek and instructor of Sanskrit, 1883-1899/1903? Professor…

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PACKARD, William Alfred

PACKARD, William Alfred. Brunswick, Maine 26.8.1830 — Princeton 2.12.1909. U.S. Classical Scholar interested in Sanskrit. Son of Rev. Alpheus Spring P., a minister and educator, and Elizabeth Frances Appleton (d. 1839). Educated at Bowdoin College (A.B. 1851, A.M. 1854), tutor at the same 1853-54. Graduated from Andover Theological Seminar in…

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