Eminent Zoologist and Long Professor at Brown – Ulcerated Tooth Caused Death.
Providence, R.I. Feb. 14, 1905
Prof. Alpheus Spring Packard, professor of zoology and geology at Brown University since 1878, and eminent student and writer on natural history died today. A few weeks ago, Prof. Packard suffered from an ulcerated tooth, which he had extracted. Necrosis developed and septic poisoning resulted, causing death.
Prof. Packard was born in Brunswick, Me., Feb 19, 1839, the son of Prof. Alpheus S. and Frances Elizabeth (Appleton) Packard. His mother was a sister in-law of President Pierce. He was graduated from Bowdoin in 1851 and afterward attended the Maine medical school. From 1855 to 1865 he was custodian of the Boston Society of Natural History and for the succeeding 11 years connected with the Peabody academy of Science. He was the Massachusetts state entomologist from 1871 to 1873 and for 29 years editor-in-chief of the American Naturalist. He was a member of the national entomological commission from 1877 to 1882 and president of the zoological congress in Paris, and a member of the National Academy of Science.
Prof. Packard in 1857 married Elizabeth Derby Walcott, who survives him.
The Boston Herald – Wednesday, February 15, 1905, page 3
Providence, R.I. Feb. 14, 1905
Prof. Alpheus Spring Packard, professor of zoology and geology at Brown University since 1878, and eminent student and writer on natural history died today. A few weeks ago, Prof. Packard suffered from an ulcerated tooth, which he had extracted. Necrosis developed and septic poisoning resulted, causing death.
Prof. Packard was born in Brunswick, Me., Feb 19, 1839, the son of Prof. Alpheus S. and Frances Elizabeth (Appleton) Packard. His mother was a sister in-law of President Pierce. He was graduated from Bowdoin in 1851 and afterward attended the Maine medical school. From 1855 to 1865 he was custodian of the Boston Society of Natural History and for the succeeding 11 years connected with the Peabody academy of Science. He was the Massachusetts state entomologist from 1871 to 1873 and for 29 years editor-in-chief of the American Naturalist. He was a member of the national entomological commission from 1877 to 1882 and president of the zoological congress in Paris, and a member of the National Academy of Science.
Prof. Packard in 1857 married Elizabeth Derby Walcott, who survives him.
The Boston Herald – Wednesday, February 15, 1905, page 3
Eminent Zoologist and Long Professor at Brown – Ulcerated Tooth Caused Death.
Providence, R.I. Feb. 14, 1905
Prof. Alpheus Spring Packard, professor of zoology and geology at Brown University since 1878, and eminent student and writer on natural history died today. A few weeks ago, Prof. Packard suffered from an ulcerated tooth, which he had extracted. Necrosis developed and septic poisoning resulted, causing death.
Prof. Packard was born in Brunswick, Me., Feb 19, 1839, the son of Prof. Alpheus S. and Frances Elizabeth (Appleton) Packard. His mother was a sister in-law of President Pierce. He was graduated from Bowdoin in 1851 and afterward attended the Maine medical school. From 1855 to 1865 he was custodian of the Boston Society of Natural History and for the succeeding 11 years connected with the Peabody academy of Science. He was the Massachusetts state entomologist from 1871 to 1873 and for 29 years editor-in-chief of the American Naturalist. He was a member of the national entomological commission from 1877 to 1882 and president of the zoological congress in Paris, and a member of the National Academy of Science.
Prof. Packard in 1857 married Elizabeth Derby Walcott, who survives him.
The Boston Herald – Wednesday, February 15, 1905, page 3
Providence, R.I. Feb. 14, 1905
Prof. Alpheus Spring Packard, professor of zoology and geology at Brown University since 1878, and eminent student and writer on natural history died today. A few weeks ago, Prof. Packard suffered from an ulcerated tooth, which he had extracted. Necrosis developed and septic poisoning resulted, causing death.
Prof. Packard was born in Brunswick, Me., Feb 19, 1839, the son of Prof. Alpheus S. and Frances Elizabeth (Appleton) Packard. His mother was a sister in-law of President Pierce. He was graduated from Bowdoin in 1851 and afterward attended the Maine medical school. From 1855 to 1865 he was custodian of the Boston Society of Natural History and for the succeeding 11 years connected with the Peabody academy of Science. He was the Massachusetts state entomologist from 1871 to 1873 and for 29 years editor-in-chief of the American Naturalist. He was a member of the national entomological commission from 1877 to 1882 and president of the zoological congress in Paris, and a member of the National Academy of Science.
Prof. Packard in 1857 married Elizabeth Derby Walcott, who survives him.
The Boston Herald – Wednesday, February 15, 1905, page 3
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