Louis Purser was born in Dungarvan, County Waterford and was educated at Middleton, Portora School, Enniskillen and Trinity College, Dublin, where he was appointed a fellow in 1881. He was appointed Professor of Latin from 1898 to 1904 and received honorary degrees from Glasgow, Durham and Oxford. He was Vice-President of the Royal Irish Academy and a Fellow of the British Academy. He translated many works and collaborated with R. Y. Tyrrell in publishing Cicero's Correspondence in seven volumes.

Born:	28 September 1854
Died:	20 March 1932