Nathaniel Fish Moore

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Nathaniel Fish Moore
Nathaniel Fish Moore 1860.jpg
8th President of Columbia University
In office
1842–1849
Preceded byWilliam Alexander Duer
Succeeded byCharles King
Personal details
Born(1782-12-25)December 25, 1782
Newton, Illinois
DiedApril 27, 1872(1872-04-27) (aged 89)
Hudson, New York
Alma materColumbia University

Nathaniel Fish Moore (December 25, 1782 – 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.

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]

Selected publications[]

  • Ancient mineralogy; or, An inquiry respecting mineral substances mentioned by the ancients: with occasional remarks on the uses to which they were applied. G. & C. Carvill & co. 1834.; 2nd edition. Harper & brothers. 1859.
  • Lectures on the Greek language and literature. Windt and Conrad. 1835.
  • A historical sketch of Columbia University, in the city of New-York. Printed for Columbia College. 1846.
  • Moore, Nathaniel Fish (1946). Pargellis, Stanley; Butler, Ruth Lapham (eds.). Diary; a trip from New York to the falls of St. Anthony in 1845.

Notes[]

Academic offices
Preceded by
William Alexander Duer
President of Columbia College
1842–1849
Succeeded by
Charles King
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