Louis Claude Purser
Louis Claude Purser (28 September 1854 in Abbeyside – 20 March 1932 in Dublin) was an Irish classical scholar.[1]
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.[citation needed]
He was the brother of the Irish artist Sarah Purser. His niece Olive Purser was the first woman scholar in TCD.[4] He is buried at Mount Jerome Cemetery.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Waterford County Museum (Retrieved 10 December 2010)
- ^ a b The New International Encyclopædia, Volume 19 (Dodd, Mead, 1922), p. 387
- ^ David Robertson (Portora Archivist) "The Schooldays of Oscar Wilde" third page (Retrieved December, 10, 2010)[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Welcome, Welcome Little Women: TCD's First Female Graduates". News & Alerts: The Library of Trinity College Dublin. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
External links
- . . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. pp. – via Wikisource.
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