John Nevin Schaeffer

John Nevin Schaeffer (July 23, 1882 – June 10, 1942) was an American classicist from Danville, Pennsylvania, who spent his career teaching at Franklin & Marshall College, from which he also received his bachelor's degree in 1903. He later received a second degree from Oriel College at the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. With Henry Lamar Crosby, whom he met while teaching summer courses at the University of Pennsylvania, he wrote Introduction to Greek, a popular textbook on ancient Greek which remained in print for 20 years.[1]

Schaeffer was a member of the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, school board. He married Ruth Frantz and they had five children.[2]

His son, Philip B. Schaeffer, was city editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer.[3]

References
  1. American Philological Association (1994). Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 566–567. ISBN 978-0-313-24560-2 – via Google Books.
  2. "Dr. John Nevin Schaeffer". Wilkes Barre Times Leader. June 11, 1942. p. 30. Retrieved February 18, 2018 – via Newspapers.
  3. Naedele, Walter F. (May 17, 2012). "Philip B. Schaeffer". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved February 18, 2018.


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