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Samuel Brown Wylie
WYLIE, Samuel Brown, clergyman, son of Adam and Margaret (Brown) Wylie,
born in Moylarg, County Antrim, Ireland,
May 21, 1773; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 14 October, 1852. He
was graduated at the University of Glasgow in 1797, and taught for a short
time in Ballymena, Ireland, but was compelled to leave the country in
consequence of his efforts in favor of Irish independence. He arrived
in the United States in October, 1797. taught in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania,
and in 1798 became a tutor in the University of Pennsylvania, subsequently
establishing a private academy in Philadelphia, which he successfully
conducted for many years. Soon after his arrival in this country he
studied theology under the care of the Reformed Presbyterian church,
and was licensed to preach in 1799. He was a delegate to the convention
of the Reformed Presbyterian church in Ireland and Scotland in 1802, and
on his return was called to the pastorate of the 1st Reformed Presbyterian
church of Philadelphia, which he held until his death, a period of
fifty-one years. When the theological seminary of his church was
organized in 1809, he became a professor there, and held office till
1851. In 1828-'45 he occupied the chair of languages in the University
of Pennsylvania, of which he was vice-provost in 1838-'45. Dickinson
gave him the degree of D. D. in 1816. Dr. Wylie was an eminent
classical and Oriental scholar, a contributor to the American
philosophical society, an assistant editor of the "Presbyterian " in
1821-'2, and the author of "The Faithful Ministry of Magistracy and
Ministry upon a Scriptural Basis" (Philadelphia, 1804), and " Life of
Alexander McLeod" (1855). He also compiled a Greek grammar (1838). See
memoirs of him by Reverend John D. McLeod (New York, 1852), and
Reverend Gilbert McMaster (Philadelphia, 1852). He married Margaret,
daughter of Andrew Watson of Pittsburg, originally from Scotland. --His son,
Theophilus
Adam [Wylie], educator, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 8 October, 1810,
was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1830, and became
an assistant in the academic department of that institution. In 1837
he accepted the chair of natural philosophy and chemistry in Indiana
university, and in 1852 he became professor of mathematics in Miami
University, but three years later he returned to his former post. He
was transferred to the chair of ancient languages in 1864, and during
1859 was acting president of the university. In 1886 he withdrew from
active work and was made professor emeritus. Professor Wylie was ordained
as a clergyman in the Reformed Presbyterian church in 1838, and was
pastor of that church in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1838-'52 and 1855-'69.
He has in preparation a " History of the University of Indiana," with
sketches of the faculty and graduates.--Another son,
Theodore William John [Wylie], clergyman, born in Philadelphia., 3
October, 1818, was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania
in 1836, studied theology, was
ordained to the ministry of the Reformed Presbyterian church, mid in
1838 became associate pastor with his father of the 1st church in
Philadelphia. When the latter (died in 1852, the son succeeded him
as pastor. He was corresponding secretary of the board of missions
of his church in 1843-'9, professor in the Reformed Presbyterian
theological seminary in 1847-'51, 1854-'7, and 1859-'69, and edited
the "Missionary Advocate" in 1838-'41 and the "Banner of the Covenant"
in 1845-'55. The University of New York gave him the degree of D. D. in
1859. Dr. Wylie is the author of an "English, Latin, and Greek
Vocabulary" (Philadelphia, 1839); "The God of our Fathers" (1854);
and "Washington as a Christian" (1862). Dr. Wylie died in Philadelphia,
October 13, 1852.
Sources:
- University of Pennsylvania Archives.
- Wilson, James Grant & John Fiske, eds. Appletons' Cyclopędia of American Biography, D. Appleton. NEW YORK 1888-1889.
- WYLIE, THEOPHILUS A. Diaries of Theophilus A. Wylie, 1832-92. Transcribed by Elizabeth M. Greene. Bloomington, IN: Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 1987.
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- THE TWO SONS OF OIL; or, THE FAITHFUL WITNESS for MAGISTRACY AND MINISTRY upon A SCRIPTURAL BASIS
by SAMUEL B. WYLIE, A.M. Pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Congregation in the City of Philadelphia.
- THE OBLIGATION OF COVENANTS A DISCOURSE, DELIVERED, Monday, June 27, 1803, AFTER THE DISPENSATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER, IN THE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CONGREGATION, GLASGOW.
by SAMUEL B. WYLIE, A.M. Pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Congregation in the City of Philadelphia.
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