Winthrop Packard (1862 - 1943)

Winthrop Packard (7 March 1862 - 1943) was an American chemist, author, and publisher. He served for three years in the second division of the Massachusetts Naval Reserve, including the 1898 blockade of Havana, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War. In 1900 he joined the Corwin expedition exploring Alaska, Siberia, and the Arctic. He later became a nature columnist for the Boston Evening Transcript and editor of the New England Magazine.