Louis Claude Purser

Louis Claude Purser (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.

He was the brother of the Irish artist Sarah Purser. His niece Olive Purser was the first woman scholar in TCD.[4] He is buried at Mount Jerome Cemetery.

References
  1. Waterford County Museum (Retrieved 10 December 2010)
  2. The New International Encyclopædia, Volume 19 (Dodd, Mead, 1922), p. 387
  3. David Robertson (Portora Archivist) "The Schooldays of Oscar Wilde" third page (Retrieved December, 10, 2010)
  4. "Welcome, Welcome Little Women: TCD's First Female Graduates". News & Alerts: The Library of Trinity College Dublin. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2019.


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