Background
March was born in Millbury, Massachusetts.
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March was born in Millbury, Massachusetts.
He graduated from Amherst College in 1845, and received a Master of Arts
Degree from Amherst in 1848. After studying law and teaching for three years, he became instructor at Lafayette College. March occupied the chair of English language and comparative philology at Lafayette College, in Easton, Pennsylvania, from 1857 to 1907.
lieutenant was the first post of its kind.
March was one of the first professors to advocate and teach English in colleges and universities. March applied the methods of studying the Latin and Greek classics towards the study of English literature, and led the way for the first scientific study of the English language.
In addition to English, March also taught French, German, Greek, Latin, botany, "mental philosophy", political economy, the Constitution, and law. He also served as president of the American Philological Association (1873–1874.
1895–1896), the Spelling Reform Association (after 1876), and the Modern Language Association (1891–1893).
March was the first American superintendent over the volunteer reading program of the Oxford English Dictionary, thus providing valuable support to James Murray in the compilation of this monumental work. He was the father of historian Francis Andrew March and General Peyton C. March who was chief of staff of the United States Army during the First World War. March was the father of General Peyton Conway March, aide to General
March died at Easton, Pennsylvania.
Francis A. March Elementary School, near the Lafayette Campus, is named in his honor.
Society for Classical Studies.
Francis Andrew March, Jr. was an American historian.
Peyton Conway March was a United States Army officer who served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1918 until 1921.
