Henry Lamar Crosby

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Henry Lamar Crosby (May 17, 1880 in Menominee, Michigan[https://archive.org/details/whoswho141926/page/534/mode/2up CROSBY, Henry Lamar], in Who's Who in America (vol. 14, 1926); p. 534 – March 20, 1954), known as H. Lamar Crosby, was an American classicist who served as dean of the graduate school of the University of Pennsylvania.

Crosby graduated from high school in San Antonio, Texas and completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Texas.{{cite news|title=Three Recent Graduates of University of Texas|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/21073377|accessdate=February 14, 2018|work=Galveston Daily News|page=9|publisher=newspapers.com|date=October 13, 1910}} While at Texas, due to a paucity of funds, he supported himself as a day laborer and dairy farm hand. The financial generosity of an uncle allowed him to attend Harvard University, from which he received his Ph.D.{{cite news|page=10|title=Heads Summer School|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/169020397|accessdate=February 14, 2018|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|publisher=newspapers.com|date=October 24, 1917}}{{subscription required}} After stints at the University of Missouri and Princeton University, Crosby began teaching at the University of Pennsylvania and, from 1928 to 1938, was dean of its graduate school.{{cite news|title=Birthday Greetings to Dr. H. Lamar Crosby|page=27|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/171068650|accessdate=February 14, 2018|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|publisher=newspapers.com|date=May 17, 1940}}{{subscription required}} With John Nevin Schaeffer he was the author of Introduction to Greek, which later became a popular textbook on the subject, remaining in print for the 20 years after publication.{{cite web|title=Henry Lamar Crosby|website=bolchazy.com|publisher=Bolchazy-Carducci}}{{cite news|title=Dr. John Nevin Schaeffer|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/131671082|accessdate=February 14, 2018|work=Wilkes-Barre Times Leader|date=June 11, 1942|page=30}}{{subscription required}}{{cite book|title=Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists|date=1994|publisher=American Philological Association|isbn=0313245606|pages=566–567|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k8-uLxAnngUC}} In 1925 he spent a year as annual professor at the American School of Classical Research in Athens, participating in the archaeological excavation of the Athenian market.{{cite news|title=To Excavate Athens|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/171257114|accessdate=February 14, 2018|page=18|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|date=August 8, 1925}}{{subscription required}}

He was invested into the Royal Order of George I at the rank of commander, and was a member of the Archaeological Institute of America.{{cite news|title=Dr. H.L. Crosby, Professor, Dies|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/177481725|page=16|accessdate=February 14, 2018|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|publisher=newspapers.com|date=March 20, 1954}}{{subscription required}} His son, Oliver S. Crosby, was United States Ambassador to Guinea from 1977 to 1980.{{cite news|title=Oliver Sexsmith "Mike" Crosby|url=https://www.ellsworthamerican.com/obituary/oliver-sexsmith-mike-crosby/|accessdate=February 14, 2018|work=Ellsworth American|date=October 29, 2014}}