Nathaniel Fish Moore (December 25, 1782 – April 27, 1872)[1] was the eighth president of Columbia College; he had earlier been a lawyer and served on the faculty. He was the nephew of the college's former president Benjamin Moore.
Nathaniel Fish Moore | |
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| 8th President of Columbia University | |
| In office 1842–1849 | |
| Preceded by | William Alexander Duer |
| Succeeded by | Charles King |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 25, 1782 |
| Died | April 27, 1872 (aged 89) Hudson, New York |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
Moore earned his AB at Columbia in 1802, during which time his uncle Benjamin Moore served as president of the college.[citation needed] He was promoted to MA in 1805.[2]
In 1817, Moore began his career at Columbia College as an adjunct professor and in 1820 was named a professor of Greek and Latin.[3] In 1830 became titled the Jay Professor of the Greek Language and Literature.[4]
Moore resigned his professorship in 1835 to travel to Europe and the Holy Land, and was appointed as the first full-time Librarian of the College in 1838 upon his return.[5]
Four years later, in 1842, Moore was elected the eighth president of the college, resigning under unremarkable circumstances in 1849.[6]
After visiting the Great Exhibition in London in 1851, he became interested in photography,[7] and was one of the first amateur photographers in New York City.[8] He was reportedly so interested in his new hobby “that he frequently came to dinner wearing cotton gloves, because his hands were so stained with photographic chemicals.”[9]
Selected publications
edit- Ancient mineralogy; or, An inquiry respecting mineral substances mentioned by the ancients: with occasional remarks on the uses to which they were applied. G. & C. Carvill & co. 1834.; 2nd edition. Harper & brothers. 1859.
- Lectures on the Greek language and literature. Windt and Conrad. 1835.
- A historical sketch of Columbia University, in the city of New-York. Printed for Columbia College. 1846.
- Moore, Nathaniel Fish (1946). Pargellis, Stanley; Butler, Ruth Lapham (eds.). Diary; a trip from New York to the falls of St. Anthony in 1845.
Notes
edit- ^ "Read the eBook Rev. John Moore of Newtown, Long Island, and some of his descendants by James W. Moore online for free (Page 17 of 86)".
- ^ "Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions | Nathaniel Fish Moore Photographs". exhibitions.library.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
- ^ "Moore Nathaniel Fish". Mineralogical Record. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
- ^ An historical Sketch of Columbia College in the City of New York 1754-1876. New York: Columbia College (1876), page 62, accessed 26 April 2021.
- ^ "Moore Nathaniel Fish". Mineralogical Record. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
- ^ Columbia University Libraries. University Archives – Nathaniel Fish Moore.
- ^ "Moore Nathaniel Fish". Mineralogical Record. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
- ^ "Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions | Nathaniel Fish Moore Photographs". exhibitions.library.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
- ^ "Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions | Nathaniel Fish Moore Photographs". exhibitions.library.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
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