Louis Claude Purser

Louis Claude Purser, FBA (28 September 1854 in Abbeyside – 20 March 1932 in Dublin) was an Irish classical scholar.[1]

Louis Claude Purser
Born(1854-09-28)September 28, 1854
DiedMarch 20, 1932(1932-03-20) (aged 77)
NationalityIrish
OccupationTranslator
Academic background
Alma materMidleton College

Purser was educated at Midleton College, County Cork,[2] and Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, where a fellow pupil and student of classics was Oscar Wilde.[3]

Purser was a tutor at Trinity College, Dublin, from 1881 to 1898. In 1897, he was appointed as Professor of Latin there.[2] He collaborated with Dr. Robert Yelverton Tyrrell on the translation of the letters of Cicero.[4]

Purser and Arthur Palmer completed the editorial work for the final volumes of James Henry’s Aeneidea, a detailed commentary on Virgil’s Aeneid, after the death of John Fletcher Davies, the editor originally appointed by Henry’s trustees.[5]

He was the brother of the Irish artist Sarah Purser. His niece Olive Purser was the first woman scholar in TCD.[6] He is buried at Mount Jerome Cemetery.[7]

References
  1. Waterford County Museum (Retrieved 10 December 2010)
  2. The New International Encyclopædia, Volume 19 (Dodd, Mead, 1922), p. 387
  3. David Robertson (Portora Archivist) "The Schooldays of Oscar Wilde" third page (Retrieved December, 10, 2010)
  4. Michael., Malherbe, Abraham J. Fitzgerald, John T., 1948- Olbricht, Thomas H. White, L. (2003). Early Christianity and classical culture : comparative studies in honor of Abraham J. Malherbe. Brill. ISBN 1-4237-1426-1. OCLC 666962411.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. Virgil (1889). Aeneidea, or Critical, Exegetical, and Aesthetical Remarks on the Aeneis. Vol. 3. James Henry (trans.), John Fletcher Davies, Arthur Palmer, Louis Claude Purser (eds.). Dublin: by the trustees of the author. Notice following p. 623 and preceding continuation title page.
  6. "Welcome, Welcome Little Women: TCD's First Female Graduates". News & Alerts: The Library of Trinity College Dublin. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  7. "Biography - Purser, Louis Claude (1854-1932) - Waterford County Museum". www.waterfordmuseum.ie. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
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