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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