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1838. He was a tutor in a family in New Haven and post graduate student at Yale, 1835-37 ; a tutor in Greek at the College of New Jersey, 1837-39 ; professor of Latin and Greek at Lafay- ette college, Pa., 1839-41, and of Roman lan- gnapje and literature and of mo<lern history at Miami university, Ohio, 1841-52. He was licensed

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to preach by the presbytery of Oxford, Ohio, in January, 1851 ; ordained in October, 1851 ; was pro- fessor of Greek and Hebrew in the Cincinnati The- ological seminary, 1852-53, and professor of Latin language and history in the College of New Jersey, 185:i-54, of Greek language and literature, 1854-63, and lecturer on Greek literary history there, 1861- 77. He was Helena professor of church history in Princeton Theological seminary, 1861-88, and professor emeritus, 1888-90. He received the de- gree D.D. from Miami in 1853. He was married, first, Oct. 13, 1840, to Ellen, daughter of John and Klizabeth Stewart of Easton, Pa. She died, July 15, 1849, and he was married, secondly, to Mary B., daughter of Professor Thomas J. Mat- thews of Miami university, Ohio. By his first marriage he had three children : a son and daughter who died in infancy, and a son, Edward Stewart (q.v.), and by his second marriage ten children : two sons and a daughter, who died in infancy ; James Douglas, Princeton, 1873, archi- tect. New York city ; Henry, physician, Yonkers, N.Y. ; Alexander. Princeton, 1884, electrical en- gineer and foot-ball authority ; William David, and three daughters. He was the author of : A Rhyme of the North Country {I8i7); Life of Dr. Chalmers (1853); Introduction to the Study of Esthetics (1856, 2d edition, 1860); Comparative History of Religions ( 1871-73) ; Song and Scenery, or a Summer Raml)le in Scotland (1874); Alruyn, a Romance of Stiuly (poem, 1875); Tfie Church in Scotland (1882): Church History in Bri^/(1885); The Story of a Dedicated Life (1887). He died in Priiu^eton, X.J., Juno 7, 1890.

MOFFAT, James David, educator, was born in New Lisbon. Ohio, March 15. 1846 ; son of the Rev. John and Mary Ann (McNeelan) Moffat; grandson of James Moffat of Scotland, and of George McNeelan of Homeworth, Ohio. He was

graduated at Washington and Jefferson college, A.B., 1869 ; studied at Princeton Theological seminary, 1869-71 ; was licensed to preacli, April 14, 1871, and ordained by the presbytery of Wash- ington, May 8, 1873. He was a stated supply at the Second Presbyterian church, Wheeling, W. Va., of which his father was pas- tor, 1871-73 ; was assistant pastor there, 1873-75, and succeeded his father as pas- tor, 1875-82. He was married , Sept. 6, 1876, to Elizabeth Dalzell, daughter of Henry Crangle of Wheeling, W.Va. He was elected president of Wasliington and Jeffei-son college, Nov. 16, 1881, assumed the presidency, Jan. 1, 1882, and was officiall}^ inaug- urated, June 20, 1882. He received the degree of D.D. from Hanover college, Indiana, in 1882 ; from the College of New Jersey in 1883, and that of LL.D. from the Western Univei*sity of Pennsyl- vania in 1897. He was an editorial contributor of the Presbyterian Banner at Pittsburg, Pa., 1893-99. and became one of its editors in 1900.

MOHR, Charles (Carl) Theodor, botanist, was born in Esslingen, Wiirteniberg. Germany. Dec. 28, 1824 ; son of Louis M. Mohr. He attended scientific schools in Germany and was a member of August Kapplerj exploring expedition to Dutch Guiana in 1845. He immigrated to America upon the outbreak of the California gold fever in 1849, and engaged in business as a pliarmacist at Louisville, Ky., 1853-57, and at Mobile, Ala., 1857- 92. He was married, March 12, 1852, to Sophia Roemer of Louisville. He explored the forests of the Gulf states for the lOtli census, 1880-81, and in 1892 he retired from business and engaged in forestry and botanical research. He was chosen botanist of the geological survey of Alabama in 1884 and was elected agent of the forestry divi- sion of the U.S. department of agriculture in

1889. The honorary degree of Ph.D. was con- ferred on liim by the University of Alabama in

1890. He WHS elected a corresponding member of the Philadelphia Academy of Science ; the Torrey Botanical club of New York ; the Massa- chusetts Horticultural society ; the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy ; was an honorary member of the state pharmaceutical associations of Loui- siana, Missouri and Ohio ; a member of the com mittee of revision of the U.S. Pharmacopoeia in

^ 1890 ; a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a non-resident member of the Washington Academy of Sciences and the Society of American Foresters. He is the author of : TJie Timber Pines of the Southern United States (1896); Plant Life of Alabama (1901), and contributions to the National Her- barium. He died in Asheville, N.C., July 17, 1901.