Thomas Chase (educator)
Thomas Chase | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1827 Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | 1892 (aged 64–65) |
| Alma mater | Harvard University; University of Berlin; Collège de France |
| Occupations | Educator and classical scholar |
| Relatives | Pliny Chase (brother) |
Thomas Chase (1827–1892) was a United States educator and classical scholar. He was on the faculty of Haverford College and later its president.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Chase was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, to Anthony and Lydia (Earle) Chase.[1] At nine years of age, he was introduced to Latin; Greek at ten.[2] He graduated in 1848 at Harvard University. Beginning in 1850, he served as a substitute Latin professor at Harvard for a year, and another year and a half as an instructor, and then a tutor.[2]
He studied in Europe from 1853 to 1855, at the University of Berlin and the Collège de France mainly, and as a listener at other universities. He was professor of Greek and Latin at Haverford College from 1855 to 1875. He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1864.[3] From 1875 to 1886, he was president of Haverford. In 1887, Chase was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society.[4] He was a member of the American committee for the revision of the New Testament, and a delegate to the Stockholm Philological Congress of 1889.
Publications
[edit | edit source]- Hellas: Her Monuments and Scenery (1863; at Internet Archive)
- An address on the character and example of President Lincoln (1865; at Internet Archive)
- A Latin Grammar (1882; at Internet Archive)
His "Use of Italics in the English Bible" was part of an 1879 pamphlet issued by the Bible revision committee.[2]
Editions
[edit | edit source]- Cicero's Tusculan disputations: book first, the dream of Scipio and extracts from the dialogues on old age and friendship (1866)[5]
- Horace (1884; at Internet Archive)
- The histories of Livy (1882; at Internet Archive)
- Virgil, The Æneid (1884; at Internet Archive)
- Selections from the Satires of Juvenal (1885; at Internet Archive)
Family
[edit | edit source]He was a brother of Pliny Chase.[2]
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ "Biographical background", Thomas Chase Papers, 1843-1947. Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College Library.
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References
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External links
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- 1827 births
- 1892 deaths
- Haverford College faculty
- Presidents of Haverford College
- American classical scholars
- Harvard University alumni
- Scholars of Latin literature
- Earle family
- American biblical scholars
- American Antiquarian Society members
- Members of the American Philosophical Society
- People from Worcester, Massachusetts
- Educators from Massachusetts