Background

Packard, Winthrop was born on March 7, 1862 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Hiram Shepard and Maria (Blake) Packard.

Education

Massachusetts Irist. Technology, class of 1885.

Career

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.

Achievements

• Winthrop Packard has been listed as a noteworthy naturalist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

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.

Connections

Married Alice Harrington Petrie, 1905. Children: John Winthrop, Theodore, David.

Father:

Hiram Shepard Packard

Mother:

Maria (Blake) Packard

Spouse:

Alice Harrington Petrie

child:

David Packard

child:

Theodore Packard

child:

John Winthrop Packard