HARKNESS, ALBERT (1822-1907), American classical scholar, was born at Mendon (Mass.) on Oct. 6, 1822. He gradu ated at Brown university in 1842, taught for ten years in the Prov idence high school, studied in Berlin, Bonn (where in 18S4 he was the first American to receive the degree of Ph.D.), and Gottingen, and was professor of Greek language and literature in Brown university from 1855 to 1892, when he became professor emeri tus. He was one of the founders in 1869 of the American Philolog ical Association, of which he was president in 1875-76, and was a member of the Archaeological Institute's committee on founding the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, of which he served as the second director.
He introduced a new scholarly spirit into American teaching of Latin in secondary schools with a series of Latin text-books. His Latin Grammar (1864) and Complete Latin Grammar (1898) are his best-known books. He died in Providence (R.I.) on May 27, 1907.