Moffat, James Clement 1811-1890

Born, Glencree, Scotland, May 30, 1811; College of New Jersey, 1835; tutor, New Haven, Connecticut, 1835-37; tutor, Greek, Princeton, New Jersey, 1837-39; College of New Jersey, 1838, MA; professor, Greek and Latin, Lafayett College, 1839-41; professor, Latin and Modern History, Miami University (of Ohio), 1841-52; professor, Greek and Hebrew, Cincinnati Seminary, Ohio, 1852-53; professor, Latin and History, College of New Jersey, 1854-61, lecturer, Greek Literature, 1861-77; professor, Church History, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1861-88, professor emeritus, 1888-90; died, Princeton, New Jersey, June 7, 1890. D.D., Miami University, 1853.

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MOFFAT, James Clement, educator, born in Glencree, Gallowayshire, Scotland. 30 May, 1811. He came to the United States in 1832 with the intention of following his trade as a printer, but, being prepared to enter the junior class at. Princeton, he was persuaded to do so by Professor Maclean, of that institution, and was graduated in 1835. After attending lectures for two years at Yale he returned to Princeton as tutor in Greek. Receiving the appointment to the chair of Greek and Latin in Lafayette college in 1839, he remained there until the spring of 1841, when he went to Miami university, Ohio, as professor of Latin, subsequently teaching modern history. In 1851 he was licensed to preach, and for a time taught Greek and Hebrew at a theological seminary in Cincinnati. In 1853 he went back to Princeton as professor of Latin and history, Greek being afterward substituted for Latin. Since 1861 he has occupied the chair of church history in Princeton seminary. He received the degree of D. I). from Miami university in 1853. Besides contributing to periodicals. Dr. Moffat has published "A Rhyme of the North Countrie" (Cincinnati, 1847) ; "Life of Dr. Thomas Chalmers" (1853) ; "Introduction to the Study of AEsthetics" (1856 ; new ed., 1860) ; "Comparative History of Religions" (2 vols., New York, 1871-'3) ; "Song and Scenery, or a Summer Ramble in Scotland" (1874); "Alwyn, a Romance of Study," a poem (1875); " The Church in Scotland" (Philadelphia, 1882); "Church History in Brief" (1885); and " The Story of a Dedicated Life" (Princeton, 1887).--His son, Edward Stewart, mining engineer, born in Oxford, Ohio, 5 , January, 1844, was graduated at Princeton in 1863, and at Columbia school of mines in 1868, as a mining engineer, serving also during the civil war as a lieutenant in the United States signal corps, in which he was brevetted captain. In 1868 he became adjunct professor of mining and metallurgy in Lafayette, where he remained until 1870, and he afterward held the superintendency of various iron-works till 1882, when he became superintendent of the Lackawanna iron and coal company, of which corporation he was made general manager in 1886. Professor Moffat has attained a high reputation in his profession, and has held office in the American institute of mining engineers, to whose transactions he has contributed papers.

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In memoriam James Clement Moffat ... June 7, 1890 (1890) - Green, William Henry, 1825-1900

The Story of a Dedicated Life (1887) - Moffat, James Clement, 1811-1890

Joseph H. Owen

Church History in Brief (1885) - Moffat, James Clement, 1811-1890
An Introduction to the Study of Aesthetics (1856) - James Clement Moffat

Outlines of church history : for the use of the middle class in the Theological Seminary in Princeton (1875) - Moffat, James C. (James Clement), 1811-1890
From the birth of Christ to A.D. 1648

Outlines of church history : for the use of the middle class in the Theological Seminary in Princeton (1877) - Moffat, James C. (James Clement), 1811-1890
From the birth of Christ to A.D. 1648

Song and scenery; or, A summer ramble in Scotland (1874) - Moffat, James C. (James Clement), 1811-1890

The church in Scotland : a history of its antecedents, its conflicts, and its advocates, from the earliest recorded times to the first assembly of the Reformed Church (1882) - Moffat, James Clement, 1811-1890

Life of Thomas Chalmers (1853) - Hanna, William, 1808-1882, Edited by James Clement Moffat
The present volume is an abstract of the Memoirs by Dr. Hanna. Cf.Pref

Outlines of church history ... from the birth of Christ to A.D. 1648 (1876) - Moffat, James Clement, 1811-1890
Outlines of church history ... from the birth of Christ to A.D. 1648 (1885) - Moffat, James Clement, 1811-1890

Outlines of church history ; From A. D. 1648-1870 (1885) - Moffat, James Clement, 1811-1890

A comparative history of religions (Volume 1) (1873) - Moffat, James C. (James Clement), 1811-1890
Ancient Scriptures

A comparative history of religions (Volume 2) (1873) - Moffat, James C. (James Clement), 1811-1890
Later Scriptures, progress and revolutions of faith

Of the inheritance of English literature; an address delivered before the Miami chapter of the Alpha delta phi society, on the evening of August 11, 1846 (1846) - Moffat, James C. (James Clement), 1811-1890
Alwyn: A Romance of Study (1875) - James C. Moffat

Princeton Theological Seminary Digital Library:

Moffat, James Clement

The Princeton Theological Review (1903)
VII. The Memorial Tablet to Dr. James C. Moffat by John DeWitt

The Presbyterian Review (1886)
VI. The Crusade Against the Albigenses by James C. Moffat

Portrait Collection (1884)
Moffat, James Clement by Jerome B. Thompson and Marie Thompson

The Presbyterian Review (1880)
II. History of the Early Scottish Church by James C. Moffat

The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review (1868)
The Old Roman World: the grandeur and failure of its Civilization by James Clement Moffat

The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review (1867)
The British Churches under Cromwell by James Clement Moffat

The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review (1867)
Voices from the East. Documents on the present state and working of the Oriental Church by James Clement Moffat

The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review (1865)
Avesta die heiligen Schriften der Parsen. Aus dem grundtext ubersetzt, mit steter rücksicht auf die tradition by James Clement Moffat

The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review (1864)
History of Latin Christianity by James Clement Moffat

The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review (1863)
The historically received Conception of the University, considered with especial reference to Oxford by James Clement Moffat

The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review (1862)
Christian Enterprise by James Clement Moffat

The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review (1861)
Antiquity of the Book of Genesis by James Clement Moffat

The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review (1861)
The History of Herodotus by James Clement Moffat

The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review (1861)
The Rise of the Dutch Republic, a History by James Clement Moffat

The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review (1859)
A Treatise on the Methods of Observation and Reasoning in Politics by James Clement Moffat

The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review (1858)
St. Hilaire on the Reformation in Spain by James Clement Moffat

The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review (1858)
A Treatise on the Greek Prepositions, and on the cases of Nouns, with which these are used by James Clement Moffat

The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review (1857)
Cours d'Etudes Historiques by James Clement Moffat

The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review (1857)
The Historical Epoch of Abraham by James Clement Moffat

The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review (1857)
History of Greece by James Clement Moffat

The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review (1857)
Popular Education by James Clement Moffat

The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review (1856)
Egypt's Place in Universal History: an Historical Investigation, in Five Books by James Clement Moffat

The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review (1856)
The History of England, from the Accession of James II by James Clement Moffat

The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review (1839)
Ancient Fragments of the Phoenician, Chaldaean, Egyptian, Tyrian, Carthaginian, Indian, Persian, and other writers; with an Introductory Dissertation: and an Inquiry into the Philosophy and Trinity of the Ancients by James Clement Moffat