Nathaniel Fish Moore

American university administrator

Nathaniel Fish Moore


8th President of Columbia University
In office 1842–1849
Preceded by	William Alexander Duer
Succeeded by	Charles King

Personal details
Born	(1782-12-25)December 25, 1782 Newton, Illinois
Died	April 27, 1872(1872-04-27) (aged 89) Hudson, New York
Alma mater	Columbia University

Nathaniel Fish Moore (December 25, 1782 – April 27, 1872)^[1] was the eighth president of Columbia College; he had earlier been a lawyer and served on the faculty. He was the nephew of the college's former president Benjamin Moore.

In 1820, Moore began his career at Columbia College as a professor of Greek and Latin, which in 1830 became titled the Jay Professor of the Greek Language and Literature.^[2] He was appointed the first full-time Librarian of the College in 1838. Four years later, Moore was elected the eighth president of the college, resigning under unremarkable circumstances in 1849.^[3]

Selected publications

Ancient mineralogy; or, An inquiry respecting mineral substances mentioned by the ancients: with occasional remarks on the uses to which they were applied. G. & C. Carvill & co. 1834.; 2nd edition. Harper & brothers. 1859.
Lectures on the Greek language and literature. Windt and Conrad. 1835.
A historical sketch of Columbia University, in the city of New-York. Printed for Columbia College. 1846.
Moore, Nathaniel Fish (1946). Pargellis, Stanley; Butler, Ruth Lapham (eds.). Diary; a trip from New York to the falls of St. Anthony in 1845.

Notes

^ "Read the eBook Rev. John Moore of Newtown, Long Island, and some of his descendants by James W. Moore online for free (Page 17 of 86)".
^ An historical Sketch of Columbia College in the City of New York 1754-1876. New York: Columbia College (1876), page 62, accessed 26 April 2021.
^ Columbia University Libraries. University Archives – Nathaniel Fish Moore.