Lewis R. Packard

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Lewis R. Packard (full name Lewis Richard Packard , born August 22, 1836 in Philadelphia , † October 26, 1884 in New Haven , Connecticut ) was an American classical philologist . From 1859 he was a tutor and professor of Greek at Yale University and helped found the American School of Classical Studies at Athens .

Life

Lewis R. Packard was the second son of the lawyer Frederick A. Packard (1794–1867) and his wife Elizabeth Dwight Packard nee. Hooker (1798-1862). He studied from 1852 to 1856 at Yale College and took after the bachelor's degree (B.A.) in 1856 a graduate study at Yale University. With the support of his family, he went on a long educational trip to Europe from 1857-1858. He studied at Berlin University without committing to any particular subject. He made his decision to choose classical philology and archeology in 1858 while traveling through Greece.

After his return to the United States, Packard taught from 1859 as a tutor of Greek at Yale University. After his promotion to the Ph. D. (1863), he was appointed Assistant Professor of Greek in 1863 and 1866 to Hillhouse Professor of Greek. In the winter of 1866/67 Packard made his second trip to Greece and stayed in Athens. He consolidated his familiarity with the language and culture of the Greeks and prepared the plan to establish a permanent settlement for American students in Athens.

In 1871, Packard was diagnosed with a chronic lung disease that followed him throughout his life. However, he continued his work tirelessly and only took recreational leave for two winters. In addition to his teaching activities at Yale, he published some essays on Greek literature and was involved in the American Philological Association , of which he was president in 1880/81. With other members of the American Philological Association and the Archeological Institute of America , he prepared the establishment of a study center for American students in Athens, which was founded in 1881 as the American School of Classical Studies at Athens .

For the year 1883/84 Packard was elected director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (as the second annual director, after William Watson Goodwin ). His illness broke out on the voyage in June 1883 and worsened during his stay in Athens, so that he could only carry out his teaching assignment to a very limited extent. After his return to the USA in June 1884, he spent a few months with spa stays in the Catskill Mountains as well as in Shelter Island and Princeton . He returned to his hometown of New Haven on September 25, 1884, where he died a month later at the age of 48. In 1886, several essays from his estate were published in an anthology.

Packard was married from December 29, 1870 to the pastor's daughter Harriet M. Storrs. The couple had a daughter.

Fonts (selection)

  • Studies in Greek Thought. Essays Selected from the Papers of Lewis R. Packard . Boston 1886

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ American Philological Association: Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists . ABC-Clio ebook. Ed .: Ward W. Briggs. Greenwood Press, 1994, ISBN 978-0-313-24560-2 ( page 472 ).
  2. ^ Ward W. Briggs .: Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists . ABC-Clio ebook. Ed .: American Philological Association. Greenwood Press, 1994, ISBN 978-0-313-24560-2 ( google.at ).
personal data
SURNAME Packard, Lewis R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Packard, Lewis Richard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1884
Place of death New Haven , Connecticut

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