Thomas Day Seymour (April 1, 1848 – December 31, 1907)[1] was an American classical scholar.[2] He spent most of his career as a Professor of Greek at Yale University and published primarily on the works of Homer.
After studying in Berlin and Leipzig and making many visits to Greece,[1] Seymour returned to Western Reserve College as professor of Greek from 1872 to 1880 before becoming professor of Greek at Yale University in 1880, holding his position until his death in New Haven.[3][1]
From 1887 to 1901 Seymour was chairman of the managing committee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens,[2] and was president of the Archaeological Institute of America from 1903.[3] He was one of the American editors of the Classical Review.[1][6]
He married Sarah Melissa Hitchcock (b. Sep. 27, 1846) of Burton, Ohio on July 2, 1874, daughter of Western Reserve College president Rev. Henry L. Hitchcock and granddaughter of Justice Peter Hitchcock.[2] They had three children; Elizabeth Day Seymour (b. Jan 21, 1876) was his eldest daughter, and she married John Angel (sculptor) in 1942.[7] Clara Hitchcock Seymour was born on March 28, 1880, and his youngest child Charles Seymour was born on Jan. 1, 1885.[2]
Publications
Other than his Selected Odes of Pindar (1882),[8] Seymour's published work was largely confined to the study of the Homeric poems,[3] viz:
"On the Date of the Prometheus of Aeschylus" (1879)[9]
An Introduction to the Language and Verse of Homer (1885)[10]
^"John Angel". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851-1951. University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database. 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
