Louis Claude Purser Explained

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]

External links

• Purser, Louis Claude. 212-213.

Notes and References

1. http://www.waterfordcountymuseum.org/exhibit/web/Display/article/21/2/?lang=en Waterford County Museum (Retrieved 10 December 2010)
2. The New International Encyclopædia, Volume 19 (Dodd, Mead, 1922), p. 387
3. http://www.portoraroyal.co.uk/uploads/24306611-a126-414d-8573-b5b7d3dd5929/The%20Schooldays%20of%20Oscar%20Wilde.doc David Robertson (Portora Archivist) "The Schooldays of Oscar Wilde" third page (Retrieved December, 10, 2010)
4. Book: Michael., Malherbe, Abraham J. Fitzgerald, John T., 1948- Olbricht, Thomas H. White, L.. Early Christianity and classical culture : comparative studies in honor of Abraham J. Malherbe. 2003. Brill. 1-4237-1426-1. 666962411.
5. Book: Virgil . by the trustees of the author . James Henry (trans.), John Fletcher Davies, Arthur Palmer, Louis Claude Purser (eds.) . Aeneidea, or Critical, Exegetical, and Aesthetical Remarks on the Aeneis . Dublin . 1889 . 3 . yes . Notice following p. 623 and preceding continuation title page .
6. Web site: Welcome, Welcome Little Women: TCD's First Female Graduates . News & Alerts: The Library of Trinity College Dublin . 2015-03-09 . 2019-12-01.
7. Web site: Biography - Purser, Louis Claude (1854-1932) - Waterford County Museum. 2021-05-12. www.waterfordmuseum.ie.