Nathaniel Fish Moore

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.

Nathaniel Fish Moore
8th President of Columbia University
In office 1842–1849
Preceded by	William Alexander Duer
Succeeded by	Charles King
Personal details
Born	December 25, 1782 Newton, Illinois
Died	April 27, 1872 (aged 89) Hudson, New York

In 1820, Moore began his career at Columbia College as a professor of Greek and Latin. 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.[2]

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. 1834.; 2nd edition. 1859.
• Lectures on the Greek language and literature. 1835.
• A historical sketch of Columbia University, in the city of New-York. 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

1. http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/james-w-moore/rev-john-moore-of-newtown-long-island-and-some-of-his-descendants-roo/page-17-rev-john-moore-of-newtown-long-island-and-some-of-his-descendants-roo.shtml
2. Columbia University Libraries. University Archives – Nathaniel Fish Moore.