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John Nevin Schaeffer

John Nevin Schaeffer (July 23, 1882 – June 10, 1942) was an American classicist from Danville, Pennsylvania, who spent his career teaching at Franklin & Marshall College, from which he also received his bachelor's degree in 1903. He later received a second degree from Oriel College at the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. With Henry Lamar Crosby, whom he met while teaching summer courses at the University of Pennsylvania, he wrote ''Introduction to Greek'', a popular textbook on ancient Greek which remained in print for 20 years.

Schaeffer was a member of the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, school board. He married Ruth Frantz and they had five children.

His son, Philip B. Schaeffer, was city editor at ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. Provided by Wikipedia