Nathaniel Fish Moore
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Nathaniel Fish Moore (December 25, 1782 ā 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.
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Nathaniel Fish Moore | |
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8th President of Columbia University | |
In office 1842ā1849 | |
Preceded by | William Alexander Duer |
Succeeded by | Charles King |
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Born | (1782-12-25)December 25, 1782 Newton, Illinois |
Died | April 27, 1872(1872-04-27) (aged 89) Hudson, New York |
Alma mater | Columbia University |
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In 1820, Moore began his career at Columbia College as a professor of Greek and Latin, which in 1830 became titled the Jay Professor of the Greek Language and Literature.[2] He was appointed the first full-time Librarian of the College in 1838. Four years later, Moore was elected the eighth president of the college, resigning under unremarkable circumstances in 1849.[3]