Alpheus, A.

Alpheus Crosby (1810–1874) was an American classicist, scholar and author. Crosby was born on October 13, 1810, in Sandwich, New Hampshire, to Asa Crosby and Abigail Russell Crosby. He entered Dartmouth College at age 13, then received a Bachelor of Arts in either 1817 or 1827, after which he studied theology at Andover Theological Seminary in the 1830s. In April 1833, Crosby became Professor of the Latin and Greek Languages and Literature at Dartmouth College. In 1857, he became the principal o…