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Moffat, James Clement

clergyman, author, was born May 30, 1811, in Scotland. He was a presbyterian clergyman and educator; professor at Princeton Theological seminary in 1853-90; and the author of Comparative History of Religions; Life of Dr. Chalmers; Song and Scenery, or a Summer Ramble in Scotland; Alwyn, a Romance of Study, in verse; The Church in Scotland; Church History in Brief; Rhyme of the North Countrie; and The Story of a Dedicated Life. He died June 7, 1890, in Princeton, N. J.

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