Crosby, Howard
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 27, 1826, in New York. He was a presbyterian clergyman long prominent in New York city who was chancellor of the university of New York city in 1870-81. He was the author of The Christian Preacher; Notes on the New Testament; Life of Jesus Christ and Science; At the Lord's Table; Sermons; Lands of the Moslem; Edipus Tyrannus of Sophocles, with Notes; Bible Manual; Bible Companion; Bible View of the Jewish Church; The Seven Churches of Asia, or Worldliness in the Church; Thoughts on the Pentateuch; and Commentary on the New Testament, which include his principal works. He died March 29, 1891, in New York.