Born: March 13, 1804, Hopewell, Virginia.
Died: July 31, 1859, Sweetsprings, Virginia.
Buried: Princeton, New Jersey.
Alexander graduated from Princeton University in 1820. Ordained in 1827, he served as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Trenton, New Jersey (1829-1832). He became Professor of Rhetoric at Princeton in 1833; pastor of Duane Street Presbyterian Church, New York, 1844; Professor of Church History at Princeton, 1849; and pastor of the 5th Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, 1851. His works include:
Gifts to the Afflicted
Thoughts on Family Worship
Sacramental Discourses (New York: Anson D. F. Randolph, 1860)
Breaking the Crucible and Other Translations (posthumous) (New York: 1861)
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