Bernadotte Perrin
{{Short description|American classical philologist (1847–1920)}}
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Bernadotte Perrin (September 15, 1847 – August 31, 1920) was an American classicist.
Life
Bernadotte Perrin was born in Goshen, Connecticut on September 15, 1847.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times-dr-bernadotte-perrin/171752908/ |title=Dr. Bernadotte Perrin Dies |newspaper=The New York Times |place=Saratoga Springs, New York |page=13 |date=1920-08-31 |publication-date=1920-09-01 |access-date=2025-05-05 |via=Newspapers.com}} He was the son of Lavalette Perrin, a Congregational minister, and Ann Eliza Perrin.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/universitiesandt02cham/page/237/mode/1up |title=Universities and Their Sons |volume=II |editor-first=Joshua L. |editor-last=Chamberlain |publisher=R. Herndon Company |place=Boston |page=237 |date=1899 |access-date=2025-05-05 |via=Internet Archive}}
He died on August 31, 1920, at Saratoga Springs, New York.
Career
He was Lampson Professor of Greek Literature and History at Yale University.[http://drs.library.yale.edu/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=mssa:ms.1018&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes Biographical Sketch], Yale Library Guide to the Bernadotte Perrin Papers (MS 1018), retrieved 2017-06-29
He was a member of the Church of Christ in Yale College and held office as president of the Graduates Club of New Haven.
Bibliography
- Eight Books of Homer's Odyssey, with T. Seymour (1897)
- Greek Dramas by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes (1900)
- Plutarch's Themistocles and Aristides (1901)
- Six of Plutarch's Greek Lives (1910)
- History (1912)
- Plutarch's Nicias and Alcibiades (1912)
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Category:American classical scholars
Category:People from Goshen, Connecticut