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Thomas Day Seymour (April 1, 1848 – December 31, 1907) was an American classical scholar.〔 He spent most of his career as a Professor of Greek at Yale University and published primarily on the works of Homer. ==Life== Born in Hudson, Ohio, Seymour graduated with a B.A. in 1870 at Western Reserve College,〔 where his father, Nathan Perkins Seymour, was Long Professor of Greek and Latin. He received an ''ad eundem'' degree from Yale in 1870, and honorary LL.D. degrees from Western Reserve in 1894,〔 from Glasgow University in 1901, and from Harvard University in 1906.〔 After studying in Berlin and Leipzig and making many visits to Greece,〔 Seymour returned to Western Reserve College as professor of Greek from 1872-1880 before becoming professor of Greek at Yale University in 1880, holding his position until his death in New Haven.〔 From 1887 to 1901 Seymour was chairman of the managing committee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens,〔 and was president of the Archaeological Institute of America from 1903. He was one of the American editors of the ''Classical Review''.〔〔(Eight extracts from ''The Classical Review'' ) (March, 1899 – October, 1901) David Nutt, London; Ginn & Co., Boston〕 He was the father of Yale President Charles Seymour, and the great-nephew of Yale President Jeremiah Day. He married Sarah Melissa Hitchcock (b. Sep. 27, 1846) of Burton, Ohio on July 2, 1874. She was the granddaughter of Justice Peter Hitchcock.〔(''The Family of the Rev. Jeremiah Day of New Preston to January 1, 1900: A Genealogical Appendix to The Chronicles of the Day Family'' (1900) ) The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Conn.〕 They had three children; Elizabeth Day Seymour (b. Jan 21, 1876) was his eldest daughter, and she married John Angel (sculptor) in 1942. Clara Hitchcock Seymour was born on March 28, 1880 and his youngest child Charles Seymour was born on Jan. 1, 1885.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Day Seymour」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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