Green, Ashbel

GREEN, ASHBEL: American Presbyterian, president of Princeton College; b. at Hanover, Morris County, N. J., July 6, 1762; d. in Philadelphia May 19, 1848. He served as a sergeant in the Revolutionary War till the spring of 1782, when he entered Princeton (B.A., 1783). He was a tutor at Princeton (178385), professor of mathematics and natural philosophy (1785-87), pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia (1787-1812), chaplain to Congress (1792-1800), and president of Princeton College (1812-22). He was one of the founders of the Princeton Theological Seminary and president of its board of directors 1812-48. On resigning the presidency of Princeton in 1822 he returned to Philadelphia and edited the Christian Advocate 1822-34, and also The Assembly's Magazine during a part of this time. He was moderator of the General Assembly in 1824, and a member of that body in 1837,1838, and 1839. He wielded great influence in the Presbyterian Church, took a strong stand in favor of the Old School party, and was largely instrumental in bringing about the disruption of 1837. His principal works are: Sermons on the Assembly's Catechism (1818); History of Presbyterian Missions (1820); and Discourses Delivered in the College of New Jersey, Including a Historical Sketch of the College (1822).

BIBLIOGRAPHY: A volume of Memoirs, begun by himself, was completed by J. H. Jones, New York, 1849. Consult W. B. Sprague, Annals of the American Pulpit, iii. 479-496, New York, 1858; R. E. Thompson, in American Church History Series, vol. vi., passim, ib. 1895.

GREEN, EDMUND TYRRELL: Church of England; b. at Westminster Mar. 19, 1864. He was educated at St. John's College, Oxford (B.A., 1886). From 1887 to 1890 he was curate of St. Bamabas, Oxford, and was then applointed lecturer in Hebrew and theology in.St. David's College, Lampeter,Wales. Six years later he became professor of the same subjects, a position which he still retains, in addition to being lecturer in parochalia since 1896. He was lecturer in architecture in 1902. Besides his professorial duties, he has held many parochial missions and in 1904 delivered a course of apologetic lectures at Southampton. In theology he belongs to the Anglo-0atholic school of the Church of England. He has written Notes on the Teaching of St. Paul (London, 1893); The Thirty-Nine Articles and the Age of the Reformation (1896); The Sinner's Restoration (1899); The Church of Christ (1902); and How to Preach (1905). He has also edited Jeremiah and Lamentations in The Temple Bible (London, 1902).

GREEN, JOSEPH HENRY: English surgeon and student of philosophy; b. in London Nov.l, 1791; d. at The Mount, Hadley, near Barnet (11 m.

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