William Chase Greene

Background

Greene, William Chase was born on June 14, 1890 in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Herbert Eveleth and Harriet Savage (Chase) Greene.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1911, Master of Arts, 1916, Doctor of Philosophy, 1917. Rhodes Scholar from Massachusetts, at Balliol College, Oxford University, England, 1911-1914, Bachelor of Arts, 1914.

Career

Instructor English, Harvard, University, 1914-1917. Master, Groton School, 1917-1920. Instructor, Latin and Greek, Harvard, 1920-1923, assistant professor, 1923-1927, associate professor, 1927-1943.

Professor from 1943, department chairman classics, 1946-1951.

Annual professor American Academy in Rome, 1931-1932. Visiting professor University of Chicago, summer, 1938.

Trustee Radcliffe College, 1927-1933, Anatolia College, Thessaloniki, Greece, from 1952.

Achievements

• William Chase Greene has been listed as a notable teacher, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences (editor 1936-1937). Member American Philological Association (president 1950-1951), North.E. Classical Association (president 1950-1951), Phi Beta Kappa (secretary, Harvard Chapter, 1944-1945). Club: Faculty (Cambridge).

Connections

Married Margaret Weed Eckfeldt, 1917. Children: Herbert Thomas, Margaret Chase (Mistress Albert South. Watson), Anne Marston (deceased).

Father:

Herbert Eveleth Greene

Mother:

Harriet Savage (Chase) Greene

Spouse:

Margaret Weed Eckfeldt

child:

Anne Marston Greene (deceased)

child:

Margaret Chase Greene (Mistress Albert South. Watson)

child:

Herbert Thomas Greene