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George Foot Moore

1851 – 1931

American scholar

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Lived 1851 – 1931 (aged 79). George Foot Moore was an American historian, theologian and orientalist.

George Foot Moore (October 15, 1851 – May 16, 1931) was an American historian of religion, author, professor, and Presbyterian minister.

Life Moore was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, the son of Rev. William Eves Moore and Harriet Foot Moore. He was educated at private schools, West Chester Academy and Wyer's School, entered Yale College as a junior in 1870, then graduated from Yale in 1872, as a Phi Beta Kappa and member of the Skull and Bones society. After teaching at Hopkins Grammar School from 1872 to 1873, he engaged in study and private teaching in Columbus, Ohio, 1873–74, then served as principal of Lancaster (Ohio) High School 1874-75. He studied theology in Columbus 1875-76 and graduated from Union Theological Seminary (New York) in 1877. serving as its president from 1921 to 1924, and was a member of both the American Oriental Society and the American Philosophical Society. Besides contributing many articles on Biblical and Oriental subjects in learned journals, he wrote extensively for the "Encyclopaedia Biblica" and served as editor of the Harvard Theological Review.

Mrs. Mary Soper Moore died April 16, 1924. Moore died 7 years later due to general arteriosclerosis and chronic myocarditis, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 16, 1931.

- a 13 volume series published between 1916 and 1923. History of Religions (Vol. I, 1913; Vol. II, 1919)

- original published in 3 vols between 1927 and 1930 Editor (unfinished work), Albert Pike, Materials For The history of Freemasonry In France and Elsewhere on The Continent of Europe From 1718 To 1859, circa 1905, detached from "The New Age" magazine. - reprint of journal article

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Yale University
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Harvard University
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Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Who was George Foot Moore?

American scholar (1851–1931)

When was George Foot Moore born?

George Foot Moore was born on 15 October 1851 in West Chester.

When did George Foot Moore die?

George Foot Moore died on 16 May 1931 in Cambridge.

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George Foot Moore was a historian, theologian and orientalist.

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George Foot Moore was American.

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· Wikidata: Q2895167

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