Samuel Merrill Woodbridge, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Samuel Merrill Woodbridge

Reformed minister, theologian, seminary professor

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1819

Place of Birth: New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 23-Jun-1905

Profession: writer, cleric

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

The Reverend Samuel Merrill Woodbridge, D.D., LL.D.
(April 5, 1819 – June 23, 1905) was an American clergyman, theologian, author, and college professor.
A graduate of New York University and the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, Woodbridge preached for sixteen years as a clergyman in the Reformed Church in America.
After settling in New Brunswick, New Jersey, he taught for 44 years as professor of ecclesiastical history and church government at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, and for seven years as professor of "metaphysics and philosophy of the human mind" at Rutgers College (now Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey) in New Brunswick.
Woodbridge later led the New Brunswick seminary as Dean and President of the Faculty from 1883 to 1901.
He was the author of three books and several published sermons and addresses covering various aspects of Christian faith, theology, church history and government.