James Hadley (scholar)

James Hadley ( born March 10, 1821 in Fairfield (New York), † November 14, 1872 in New Haven ( Connecticut ) ) was an American classical scholar.

James Hadley ( pron. háddli ), his father was a chemistry professor at Fairfield Medical College, was paralyzed in an accident at age 9, he studied at Yale University in New Haven, was appointed professor of Greek language at the same in 1851 and died November 14, 1872. As a student he also proved mathematical knowledge.

Hadley was a thorough knowledge of classical and oriental languages ​​and a senior member of the American Oriental Society. He wrote a history of the English language ( as an introduction to Noah Webster's Dictionary) and wrote several textbooks of the Greek language. His treatise on the Greek accents was translated into German and published in Georg Curtius ' studies of Greek and Latin grammar. His essays philological and critical gave William Dwight Whitney out (New York 1873).

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• Classical scholar (19th Century )
• Americans
• Born in 1821
• Died in 1872
• Man