Background
He was the son of the educator, Alpheus Spring Packard, Senior, and the brother of entomologist Alpheus Spring Packard.
He was the son of the educator, Alpheus Spring Packard, Senior, and the brother of entomologist Alpheus Spring Packard.
Bowdoin College.
He attended Phillips Academy, Andover and graduated at Bowdoin in 1851, studied at the University of Göttingen in 1857-1858, and became a professor at Princeton. He died of heart disease in Princeton, New Jersey.