Benjamin Moore

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Benjamin Moore
The Right Reverend Benjamin Moore
Acting President of Columbia University
Term	1775 – 1776
Predecessor	Myles Cooper
Successor	George Clinton (acting)
President of Columbia University
Term	1801 – 1810
Predecessor	Charles Henry Wharton
Successor	William Harris
Born	(1748-10-05)October 5, 1748 Newtown, New York
Died	February 27, 1816(1816-02-27) (aged 67) Greenwich Village, New York
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Benjamin Moore (October 5, 1748 – February 27, 1816) was the second Episcopal bishop of New York.

Early life and family

Moore was born in Newtown, New York, in 1748, the son of Samuel Moore and Sarah Fish Moore and the great-grandson of John Moore, the first Independent minister allowed in New England.^[1] He attended King's College (now Columbia University), graduating in 1768 with a degree of A.B..^[2] Moore returned to King's College for a master's degree in 1771.^[1] He traveled to England and was ordained deacon by Bishop Richard Terrick in Fulham Palace on June 24, 1774.^[1] He was advanced to the priesthood the next day.^[2]

Ministry

On returning to America in 1775, Moore was made assistant rector at Trinity Church in New York City.^[3] In 1779, he married Charity Clarke, with whom he had one child, Clement Clarke Moore. While at Trinity Church, Moore earned a degree of doctor of sacred theology from his alma mater in 1789.^[3]

Moore kept neutral on the political questions surrounding the American Revolution and continued in his duties as assistant rector under Samuel Provoost until 1800 when, Provoost having resigned, Moore was elected rector.^[1]

Bishop of New York

Moore was elected coadjutor bishop of New York in 1801 to assist Provoost, who wished to retire.^[3] He was the 9th bishop in the ECUSA, and was consecrated in St. Michael's Church, Trenton, New Jersey by Bishops William White, Thomas John Claggett, and Abraham Jarvis.^[4] That same year, Moore was elected President of Columbia College, a position he held for ten years.^[4] In 1811, Moore had a stroke and asked for the election of an additional coadjutor bishop to assist him, and John Henry Hobart was elected bishop that year.^[1] In 1815, Bishop Provoost died and Moore succeeded to become the second bishop of New York. He died the following year in Greenwich Village, New York and was buried at Trinity Church.

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Brown, 531
↑ 2.0 2.1 Perry, 21
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Batterson, 66
↑ 4.0 4.1 Batterson, 67

References

Batterson, Hermon Griswold (1878). A Sketch-book of the American Episcopate. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippencott & Co. Retrieved 2010-09-27.

Brown, John Howard, ed. (1903). Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States 5. Boston: Federal Book Company of Boston. Retrieved 2010-09-27.

Perry, William Stevens (1895). The Episcopate in America. New York: The Christian Literature Company. Retrieved 2010-09-27.

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Academic offices
Preceded by Myles Cooper	President of King's College 1775 – 1776	Succeeded by George Clinton
Preceded by Charles Henry Wharton	President of Columbia College 1801 – 1810	Succeeded by William Harris
Episcopal Church (USA) titles
Preceded by Samuel Provoost	2nd Bishop of New York 1815 – 1816	Succeeded by John Henry Hobart

v t e Presidents of Columbia University

S. Johnson Cooper B. Moore^* Clinton^* W. Johnson Wharton B. Moore Harris Duer N. Moore King Barnard Low Butler Fackenthal^* Eisenhower Kirk Cordier McGill Sovern Rupp Bollinger

^* indicates acting president or chancellor

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Persondata
Name	Moore, Benjamin
Alternative names
Short description	American bishop
Date of birth	October 5, 1748
Place of birth	Newtown, New York
Date of death	February 27, 1816
Place of death	Greenwich Village, New York

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