Education:
A.B. Syracuse, 1892; A.B. Harvard, 1893; A.M., 1894; Ph.D., 1899; study in Munich, 1897-8.
Dissertation:
"De rebus ad pompas sacras apud Graecos pertinent-ibus quaestiones selectae" (Harvard, 1899); printed, HSCP 11 (1900) 1-45.
Professional Experience:
Instr. Gk. & Lat. Wesleyan Acad. (Wilbraham, MA), 1894-6; instr. Lat. Wesleyan Coll., 1896-7; Bradbury Longfellow Cilley prof. Gk. Phillips Exeter Acad., 1899-1939; instr. Gk. Harvard, summer 1905.
Publications:
Studies in the Life of St. Paul (New York, 1906; 6th ed., 1916).
Notes:
Arthur Leacock devoted 40 years to what he called "the congenial business of teaching Greek to boys," equaling the record of his predecessor, Bradbury Longfellow Cilley, like him a Harvard man. He worked on a manuscript called "Outlines of Greek Civilization," learned sufficient Italian to read Dante, played cello in a faculty trio, and remodeled a colonial house and garden in Exeter. A man of charm and droll New England humor, he was a beloved figure on campus for generations. He was succeeded by Henry Phillips.
Sources:
NatCAB 38:77; WhAm 2:315.
