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See also:HARKNESS, See also:ALBERT (1822—1907) , See also:American classical See also:scholar, was See also:born at Mendon, See also:Massachusetts, on the 6th of See also:October 1822. He graduated at See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
Brown University in 1842, taught in the See also:Providence high school in 1843—1853, studied in See also:Berlin, See also:Bonn (where in 1854 he was the first American to receive the degree of Ph.D.) and See also:Gottingen, and was See also:professor of See also:Greek See also:language and literature in Brown University from 1855 to 1892, when he became professor See also:emeritus. He was one of the founders in 1869 of the American Philological Association, of which he was See also:president in 1875-1876, and to whose Transactions he made various contributions; was a member of the Archaeological See also:Institute's See also:committee on See also:founding the American School of Classical Studies at See also:Athens, and served as the second director of that school in 1883—1884. He studied See also:English and See also:German university methods during trips to See also:Europe in 187o and 1883, and introduced a new scholarly spirit into American teaching of Latin in secondary See also:schools with a See also:series of Latin See also:text-books, which began in 1851 with a First Latin See also:Book and continued for more than fifty years. His Latin See also:Grammar (1864, 1881) and See also:Complete Latin Grammar (1898) are his best-known books. He was a member of the See also:board of See also:fellows of Brown University from 1904 until his See also:death, and in 1904—1905 was president of the Rhode See also:Island See also:Historical Society. He died in Providence, Rhode Island, on the 27th of May 1907.
His son, ALBERT See also:GRANGER HARKNESS (1857— ), also a classical scholar, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on the lgth of See also:November 1857. He graduated at Brown University in 1879, studied in See also:Germany in 1879—1883, and was professor of German and Latin at See also:Madison (now Colgate) University from 1883 to 1889, and See also:associate professor of Latin at Brown from 1889 to 1893, when he was appointed to the See also:chair of See also:Roman literature and See also:history there. He was director of the American School of Classical Studies in See also:Rome in 1902—1903.
End of Article: HARKNESS, ALBERT (1822—1907)
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