March, Francis Andrew, 1825-1911

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Name (Latin)
March, Francis Andrew, 1825-1911
Other forms of name
March, Francis A. (Francis Andrew), 1825-1911
March, F. A. (Francis Andrew), 1825-1911
Date of birth
1825-10-25
Date of death
1911-09-09
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
English language
Philology
Occupation
College teachers
English teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 54265976
Wikidata: Q1441364
Library of congress: n 80123410
Sources of Information
  • Francis Andrew March; born 25 October 1825, Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; died 9 September 1911 (aged 85), Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA ( (Findagrave.com, searched November 4, 2021) )
  • Latin hymns, with English notes, ©1874:title page (by F.A. March, LL.D., professor of comparative philology in Lafayette College)
  • March, Francis Andrew. A parser and analyzer for beginners, 1869:title page (By Francis A. March, Professor of the English Language and Comparative Philology in Lafayette College, author of "Method of philological study of the English language," "Comparative grammar of the Anglo-Saxon language," etc.)
  • March, Francis Andrew. A thesaurus dictionary of the English language, 1902:title page (Francis Andrew March, LL.D., L.H.D., D.C.L., Litt.D., Professor of the English Language and Comparative Philology at Lafayette College; author of: "A comparative grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Language," "Method of philological study of the English language," etc.; editor of the "Douglas series of Christian, Latin and Greek classics," etc.; consulting editor of the "Standard dictionary," Director of American Readers for the Historical English Dictionary of the Philological Society, England; President of the American Philological Association, 1873-4, 96-7; President of the Modern Language Association of America, 1891-3)
  • March, Francis Andrew. Thesaurus-dictionary, 1958:title page (Francis Andrew March, LL.D., L.H.D., D.C.L., Litt.D.)
  • Who was who in America, 1897-1942(March, Francis Andrew; philologist; born Millbury, Mass., Oct. 25, 1925; A.B., Amherst, 1845, A.M., 1848; L.H.D., Columbia, 1887; D.C.L., Oxford, England, 1896; Litt.D., Cambridge, England and Princeton, 1896; admitted to N.Y. bar 1850; professor of English language and comparative philology, Lafayette College, 1856-1906; Carnegie hon. emeritus prof., 1907; pioneer in philological study of English classics and historical study of the English language; address: Easton, Pa.; died 1911)
  • Latin hymns, 1874:t.p. (F.A. March, prof. of comparative philology, Lafayette College)