17 April 1772 A.D. Princeton Divine, Mr. (Rev. Dr. Prof.) Archibald Alexander, was born. A theologian, scholar and Princeton Seminary’s first Principal
17 April 1772 A.D. Princeton Divine, Mr. (Rev. Dr. Prof.) Archibald Alexander, was born. A theologian, scholar and Princeton Seminary’s first Principal. Wiki tells it this way. Archibald Alexander (April 17, 1772 – October 22, 1851) [1] was an American Presbyterian theologian and professor at the Princeton Theological Seminary . He served for 9 years as the President of Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia and for 27 years as Princeton Theological Seminary's first principal from 1812 to 1840. Contents 1 Biography 2 Family 3 Archival Collections 4 Works 4.1 Sermons 5 References 6 External links Biography Alexander was born at South River, Rockbridge , and raised under the tuition and ministry of Presbyterian minister William Graham (1745–1799), a man who had been trained in theology by John Witherspoon . His grandfather, of Scottish descent, came from Ireland to Pennsylvania in 1736, and after a residence of two...