Edward Caldwell Moore

For other people named Edward Moore, see Edward Moore (disambiguation).

Edward Caldwell Moore
Born	(1851-10-15)October 15, 1851 West Chester, Pennsylvania
Died	1943
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Marietta College
Occupation(s)	Minister, theologian

Edward Caldwell Moore (1851–1943) was an American theologian, brother of George Foot Moore and Frank Gardner Moore.

Early life and education

He was born at West Chester, Pa.; graduated from Marietta College in 1877 and from Union Theological Seminary in 1884; and studied at Berlin, Göttingen, and Gießen from 1884–1886. He received an honorary PhD from Brown University in 1891.

Career

Ordained to the Presbyterian ministry in 1884, he was pastor at Yonkers, N. Y. (1886–1889), and at the Central Congregational Church of Providence, R. I. (1889–1901), where he led the church in constructing a new building. In the latter year he became Parkman professor of theology at Harvard, where he was university preacher in 1905–1906. In 1914 he was elected president of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. His publications include The New Testament in the Christian Church (1904) and An Outline of the History of Christian Thought since Kant (1912)

References

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• The Andover-Harvard Theological Library at Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts holds the records of Edward Caldwell Moore.
  • Lectures on theologians and religious history
  • Letters from Moore's mother and father, letters about his trip to Labrador in 1905, and about his trip to China in 1907
  • Papers including sermons, addresses, lectures, prayers, biographical files, and correspondence
  • Papers including personal scrapbooks, diaries, journals, and correspondence
• Works by Edward Caldwell Moore at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Edward Caldwell Moore at Internet Archive