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 would later receive a second degree from Oriel College at the University of Oxford, where he was a

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, whom he met while teaching summer courses at the University of Pennsylvania, he authored ''Introduction to Greek'', a popular textbook on ancient Greek which remained in print for 20 years following its publication. Schaeffer served on the

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school board. He married Ruth Frantz and they had five children. His son, Philip B. Schaeffer, was city editor at '' The Philadelphia Inquirer''.

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