Alpheus Spring Packard, Sr.
(1798-1884)
American historian
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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. 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.
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23 December 1798 Chelmsford, Massachusetts
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13 July 1884 (aged 85) Squirrel Island, Maine
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