George Foot Moore

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George Foot Moore
Born(1851-10-15)October 15, 1851
DiedMay 16, 1931(1931-05-16) (aged 79)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation(s)historian of religion, author, Presbyterian minister
SpouseMary Soper
Children2 sons
Academic background
EducationYale College,
Union Theological Seminary (New York),
Marietta College
Academic work
DisciplineAncient Near Eastern studies
Sub-disciplineJudaic history
InstitutionsHopkins Grammar School
Lancaster (Ohio) High School
Putnam Presbyterian Church
Andover Theological Seminary
Harvard Divinity School

George Foot Moore (October 15, 1851 – May 16, 1931) was an American historian of religion, author, professor, and Presbyterian minister.

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Moore was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, the son of Rev. William Eves Moore and Harriet Foot Moore. He was educated at private schools, West Chester Academy and Wyer's School, entered Yale College as a junior in 1870, then graduated from Yale in 1872,[1] as a Phi Beta Kappa and member of the Skull and Bones society.[2] After teaching at Hopkins Grammar School from 1872 to 1873, he engaged in study and private teaching in Columbus, Ohio, 1873–74, then served as principal of Lancaster (Ohio) High School 1874-75. He studied theology in Columbus 1875-76 and graduated from Union Theological Seminary (New York) in 1877.[1] He was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry at Columbus February 8, 1878, and became pastor of Putnam Presbyterian Church in Zanesville, Ohio, from 1878 to 1883. He Married Mary Soper, daughter of Albert Gallatin and Mary Ann (Chester) Hanford on April 25, 1878, in Chicago. They had two sons, William Eves, who died in infancy, and Albert Hanford.[2]

In 1883 he was appointed to the chair of Hebrew at Andover Theological Seminary where he taught until 1902, serving as president of the seminary from 1899 to 1901 and lectured on the history of religion from 1893 to 1901. During his service to Andover, he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1885 from Marietta College, Ohio, and 12 years later, from Yale University in 1897. In 1902, he became a professor at the Harvard Divinity School, where he was appointed Frothingham Professor of the History of Religion in 1905, and Cabot Fellow for three years beginning in 1906. During his service at Harvard he obtained a degree of Legum Doctor in 1903 from Western Reserve University. He was a member of Harvard faculty from 1902 until retirement in 1928 and a preacher to the University from 1900 to 1903.[2]

Moore was a member of the Deutsche Morgenlandische Gesellschaft, American Philological Association, Archaeological Institute of America, Society of Biblical Literature, among others,[1] In addition, he was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,[3] serving as its president from 1921 to 1924, and was a member of both the American Oriental Society and the American Philosophical Society.[4][5] Besides contributing many articles on Biblical and Oriental subjects in learned journals, he wrote extensively for the "Encyclopaedia Biblica"[6] and served as editor of the Harvard Theological Review.[4] Among his books, History of Religions (1914, 1919) and Judaism (two volumes, 1927) stand out as especially praiseworthy.

Moore served as an interim pastor and preacher at Central Congregational Church in Providence, Rhode Island from 1888-1889. He also preached at the dedication of the new building in 1893, and at the 50th Anniversary of the congregation in 1902.[7]

Mrs. Mary Soper Moore died April 16, 1924. Moore died 7 years later due to general arteriosclerosis and chronic myocarditis, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 16, 1931.[2]

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  1. ^ a b c The Harvard graduates' magazine, Volume 15 Harvard Graduates' Magazine Association, 1907
  2. ^ a b c d "Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University Deceased during the Year 1930-1931" (PDF). Yale University. 1 December 1931. p. 31. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
  3. ^ "George Foot Moore". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 2023-02-16. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  4. ^ a b "George Foot Moore". Harvard Divinity School at the Turn of the 20th Century. Harvard Divinity School Library. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  5. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  6. ^ Encyclopaedia Biblica (1903), list of contributors
  7. ^ Historical manual of the Central Congregational Church, Providence, R.I. 1852-1902. Providence: E.L. Freeman & Sons. 1902. p. 8.
  8. ^ Moore, George Foot (1913). "The Literature of the Old Testament". Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  9. ^ "The Ingersoll Lecture, 1914, Metempsychosis". Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  10. ^ Moore, George Foot (1922). "History of Religions: China, Japan, Egypt, Babylonia, Assyria, India, Persia, Greece, Rome". Retrieved May 12, 2016.

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