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Bowdoiu College, and in 1824 he became Professor of Latin and 

 Greek in tlie same institution. He lield this professorshij) until 

 18G5, and during a part of this time (1842-44) he also had charge 

 of the department of Rhetoric and Oratory. During the last twelve 

 years of his life he held the Professorship of Natural and Revealed 

 Religion at Bowdoin ; and after the resignation of President Chamber- 

 lain, in 1883, until his own death, he was Acting President of the 

 College. He presided at the Commencement exercises on Thursday, 

 July 10, only three days before his death, and at the Commencement 

 dinner on the same day. He made several speeches at the dinner, 

 introducing the guests who were present; and in the evening he held 

 a reception at his house for the graduating class. The next day, 

 Friday, he took a long drive; and on Saturday he went with his 

 family to Squirrel Island, where he died on Sunday. He attended 

 church Sunday morning, and on his way back to the hotel he was 

 attacked with faintuess and died in a few minutes. 



Professor Packard was identified with the history of Bowdoin 

 College during more than sixty years. He was the teacher of Haw- 

 thorne and Longfellow, and of many others of whose names Bowdoin 

 is justly proud. He published an edition of Xenophon's Memorabilia 

 in 1809, which appeared in a revised form in 1841.. He edited the 

 works of his father-in-law, Dr. Appleton, formerly President of Bow- 

 doin Colle";e, and wrote the Memoir in the first volume. He some- 

 times contributed to the North American Review, the Bibliotheca 

 Sacra, and other periodicals. In 18G9 he I'eceived the degree of 

 Doctor of Divinity from Bowdoin College. 



BENJAMIN SILLIxMAN. 



Bexjamin Silliman, who died at New Haven, January 14, 1885, 

 was the second of a name which will always be gratefully remembered 

 among the cultivators of physical science in the United States. 



His father, whose death in 18G4 was noticed in the sixth volume 

 of these Proceedings, was one of the pioneers in developing the study 

 of physical sciences in this country. Becoming a Professor in Ciiem- 

 istry at Yale College at an early age, he kindled by his enthusiastic 

 teaching a taste for experimental and natural science, not only in his 

 own college, but also throughout the country; and by establishing 

 and editing " The American Journal of Science " through a period of 

 twenty-eight years, not only aided and stimulated his countrymen 

 in their scientific labors, but also made their names and work familiar 



