Background
Packard, Winthrop was born on March 7, 1862 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Hiram Shepard and Maria (Blake) Packard.
Packard, Winthrop was born on March 7, 1862 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Hiram Shepard and Maria (Blake) Packard.
Massachusetts Irist. Technology, class of 1885.
Chemist with Henry A. Gould & Company, Boston, 1885. With A. West. Folsom & Company, Boston, 1889. Editor Canton (Massachusetts) Journal, 1894.
Associated with National Magazine, Boston, 1896.
Editorial staff, Youth’s Companion, 1899. Member Corwin exploring expedition to Alaska, Siberia and the Arctic, 1900, as correspondent for Boston Transcript, New York Evening Post and Saint Paul Dispatch.
Then special article writer on Boston Transcript, and in general journalism. Editor The New England Magazine, 1905-1908.
Member Corwin exploring expedition to Alaska, Siberia and the Arctic, 1900, as correspondent for Boston Transcript, New York Evening Post and Saint Paul Dispatch. Then special article writer on Boston Transcript, and in general journalism. Served 3 years in Massachusetts Naval Brigade.
Married Alice Harrington Petrie, 1905. Children: John Winthrop, Theodore, David.