- Robert Porter Keep
Robert Porter Keep (
April 26 ,1844 -June 3 ,1904 ) was an American scholar.He was born in
Farmington, Connecticut . He graduated fromYale University in 1865, was instructor there for two years, was United States consul atPiraeus inGreece in 1869-1871, taught Greek inWilliston Seminary ,Easthampton, Massachusetts , in 1876-1885, and was principal ofNorwich Free Academy ,Norwich, Connecticut , from 1885 to 1903, the school owing its prosperity to him hardly less than to its founders. In 1903 he took charge ofMiss Porter's School for Girls at Farmington, Connecticut, founded in 1844 and long controlled by his aunt,Sarah Porter . He died in Farmington.References
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