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Thomas Chase

1827 – 1892

President of Haverford College; 1827-1892

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Lived 1827 – 1892 (aged 64–65). Thomas Chase was an American classical scholar and writer.

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 Chase was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, to Anthony and Lydia (Earle) Chase. At nine years of age, he was introduced to Latin; Greek at ten. From 1875 to 1886, he was president of Haverford. In 1887, Chase was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society. 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 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. 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 He was a brother of Pliny Chase.

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1827
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1892
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Harvard University

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President of Haverford College; 1827-1892

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Thomas Chase was born in 1827.

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Thomas Chase died in 1892.

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Thomas Chase was a classical scholar and writer.

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· Wikipedia: Thomas Chase

· Wikidata: Q7788367

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