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Faculty, and was universally considered one of the foremost classical scholars in America.

Theodore Lyman '55.Colonel Theodore Lyman, of the class of '55, died at his home in Nahant, on Thursday, Sept. 9th.

Theodore Lyman, third of that name, was born in Boston in 1833 and entered Harvard in 1851. After graduation he studied three years under Agassiz, and in 1858 received the degree of B. A. He was always devoted to the study of science, particularly to natural history, and was a prominent benefactor and promoter of the Agassiz Museum of Comparative Zoology.

In 1861, Col. Lyman went to Europe, but on hearing of the outbreak of the Civil War, returned to America and was commissioned aide de camp, with rank of lieutenant colonel, on the staff of Gen. Meade, then commanding the Army of the Potomac. His gallant and meritorious services were officially recognized, and at the close of the war he returned to his home with a reputation for bravery won by hard service.

Col. Lyman was always a man of public spirit and prominent in many charities in and about Boston. He spent much time and money in the building of Memorial Hall. In 1882, he was elected to Congress as an independent member and civil service reformer, but since 1886, he has been forced by illness to remain at his home in Brookline.