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See also:ALEXANDER, See also:JOSEPH See also:ADDISON (18o9—186o) , See also:American biblical See also:scholar, the third son of See also:Archibald Alexander, was See also:born in See also:Philadelphia, See also:Pennsylvania, on the 24th of See also:April 18og. He graduated at the See also:College of New See also:Jersey (now See also:Princeton University) in 1826, having devoted himself especially to the study of See also:Hebrew and other See also:oriental See also:languages, and from 183o to 1833 was See also:adjunct See also:professor of See also:ancient languages and literature there. In 1834 he became an assistant to Dr See also:Charles See also:Hodge, professor of oriental and biblical literature in the Princeton Theological See also:Seminary, and in 1838 became See also:associate professor of oriental and biblical literature there, succeeding Dr Hodge in that See also:chair in 1840 and being transferred in 1851 to the chair of biblical and ecclesiastical See also:history, and in 1859 to that of Hellenistic and New Testament literature, which he occupied until his See also:death at Princeton on the 28th of See also:January 186o. Alexander was a remarkable linquist and exegete. He had been ordained as a Presbyterian See also:minister in 1839, and was well known for his See also:pulpit eloquence. He was the author of The Earlier Prophecies of See also:Isaiah (1846), The Later Prophecies of Isaiah (1847), and an See also:abbreviation of these two volumes, Isaiah Illustrated and Explained (2 vols., 1851), The See also:Psalms Translated and Explained (3 vols., 1850), commentaries on Acts (2 vols., 1857), See also:Mark (1858) and See also:Matthew (186o), and two volumes of Sermons (186o).
See The See also:Life of Joseph A. Alexander (2 vols., 2nd ed., New See also:York, 1875) by his See also:nephew, See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry C. Alexander.
His See also:brother, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES WADDEL ALEXANDER (1804-1859), born in Louisa See also:county, See also:Virginia, on the 13th of See also:March 1804, was a famous Presbyterian preacher. He graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1820, studied See also:theology in the Princeton Seminary, and was pastor of a Presbyterian See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church in See also:Charlotte county, Virginia, from 1826 to 1828, and of the First Presbyterian church in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1829—1832. From 1833 to 1844 he was professor of belles-lettres and Latin See also:language and literature in the College of New Jersey, from 1844 to 1849 was pastor of the Duane See also:Street Presbyterian church in New York See also:City, from 1849 to 1851 was professor of ecclesiastical history, church See also:government and sacred See also:rhetoric in the Princeton Theological Seminary, and from 1851 until his death, at Red Sweet Springs, Virginia, on the 31st of See also:July 1859, was pastor of the Fifth See also:Avenue Presbyterian church in New York City. He wrote numerous See also:magazine articles and published a number of books, including The American Mechanic and Working-See also:man (2 vols., 1847, a collection of papers to See also:mechanics first Drinted under the See also:pseudonym of " Charles See also:Quill "), Thoughts on See also:Family See also:Worship (1847), Sacramental Addresses (1854), The Revival and its Lessons (1859), Thoughts on See also:Preaching (1861), Faith (1862), and many juvenile books for See also:Sunday-school See also:libraries.
See See also:Forty Years' See also:Familiar Letters of James W. Alexander (2 vols., New York, 186o), edited by Dr See also:John See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall (1806-1894) of Trenton, N. J.
End of Article: ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
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