Louis Claude Purser

Louis Claude Purser
Louis Claude Purser
Born	September 28, 1854
Died	March 20, 1932 (aged 77)
Nationality	Irish
Occupation	Translator
Academic background
Alma mater	Midleton College

Louis Claude Purser, FBA (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.^[4]

Purser and Arthur Palmer completed the editorial work for the final volumes of James Henry’s Aeneidea, a detailed commentary on Virgil’s Aeneid, after the death of John Fletcher Davies, the editor originally appointed by Henry’s trustees.^[5]

He was the brother of the Irish artist Sarah Purser. His niece Olive Purser was the first woman scholar in TCD.^[6] He is buried at Mount Jerome Cemetery.^[7]

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]}
^ Michael., Malherbe, Abraham J. Fitzgerald, John T., 1948- Olbricht, Thomas H. White, L. (2003). Early Christianity and classical culture : comparative studies in honor of Abraham J. Malherbe. Brill. ISBN 1-4237-1426-1. OCLC 666962411.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Virgil (1889). Aeneidea, or Critical, Exegetical, and Aesthetical Remarks on the Aeneis. Vol. 3. James Henry (trans.), John Fletcher Davies, Arthur Palmer, Louis Claude Purser (eds.). Dublin: by the trustees of the author. Notice following p. 623 and preceding continuation title page.
^ "Welcome, Welcome Little Women: TCD's First Female Graduates". News & Alerts: The Library of Trinity College Dublin. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
^ "Biography - Purser, Louis Claude (1854-1932) - Waterford County Museum". www.waterfordmuseum.ie. Retrieved 12 May 2021.