Alpheus Spring Packard Sr.

This article is about the educator. For his son the biologist, see Alpheus Spring Packard.
Alpheus Spring Packard
Born(1798-12-23)December 23, 1798
Chelmsford, Massachusetts
DiedJuly 13, 1884(1884-07-13) (aged 85)
Squirrel Island, Maine
EducationPhillips Exeter Academy
Bowdoin College
ChildrenWilliam Alfred Packard
Alpheus Spring Packard Jr.

Alpheus Spring Packard (December 23, 1798 – July 13, 1884) was an American academic who was a professor for more than 40 years at Bowdoin College.[1] Trained as a minister, he was an educator, librarian, and acting President of Bowdoin College for the year 1883–84 until his death (between the Chamberlain and Hyde administrations). He was the father of four sons and one daughter by his first wife: Alpheus Spring Packard Jr. (1839–1905), Bowdoin class of 1861, Civil War surgeon, entomologist who corresponded with Darwin, and a professor at Brown University with 25 publications; William Alfred Packard (1830–1909), Bowdoin class of 1851; Charles A. Packard, Bowdoin class of 1848; George Packard; and Frances Appleton.

  1. ^ Cleaveland, N. and A. S. Packard. History of Bowdoin College: with biographical sketches of its graduates from 1806 to 1879, inclusive. J.R. Osgood & Co., Boston (1882)