Lewis Baxter Moore
Lewis Baxter Moore | |
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| Born | September 1, 1866 Huntsville, Alabama, United States |
| Died | December 12, 1928 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Burial place | Eden Cemetery, Collingdale, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Other names | Lewis B. Moore, L.B.Moore |
| Education | Fisk University (BA, MA), University of Pennsylvania (PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Classical philologist, scholar, university teacher, Presbyterian pastor |
| Spouse(s) | Sadie Elizabeth Tanner (m. 1895–), Lavenia E. Waring (m. 1903–)[1] |
Lewis Baxter Moore (1866–1928) was an American classicist, scholar, university teacher, and Presbyterian pastor. He was the first African American to earn a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) from the University of Pennsylvania.
Early life and education
[edit]Lewis Baxter Moore was born on September 1, 1866, in or near Huntsville, in Madison County Alabama, to parents Rebecca (Beasley or Love) M. and Henry Moore.[1][2]
Moore received a B.A. degree (1889) and a M.A. degree (1893) from Fisk University, a HBUC in Nashville, Tennessee.[3] His Ph.D. was received in 1896 from the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), where he was the first African American to earn a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) from the school.[3][4] He graduated from the classics department at UPenn and his dissertation was entitled, “The Stage in Sophocles’ Plays.”[3] His dissertation has been lost.[1]
Career
[edit]Moore worked at Howard University in Washington, D.C. from 1895 until 1920, and for many years as the Dean at Howard University's Teachers’ College.[1][4][5] When they lived in Washington, D.C., his niece Sadie T. M. Alexander lived with them.[6]
He was a member of the American Philological Association (now Society for Classical Studies), from 1896 to 1907.[7] During these years (1896 to 1907), Moore helped with the establishment of the first "colored" branch of the YMCA in Philadelphia,[1][7] known as the Christian Street YMCA.
In his later life he became an ordained minister, and for the last three years of his life he was the pastor of the Faith Presbyterian Church in Germantown, Philadelphia.[4]
Death and legacy
[edit]He died at the age of 62 on December 12, 1928, in Philadelphia,[1][8] and is buried in Eden Cemetery in Collingdale, Pennsylvania.
Moore's work was included in a traveling group exhibition, "12 Black Classicists" (2003–present) presented by Prof. Michele Valerie Ronnick, from Wayne State University in Detroit.[9] This exhibition was funded by two grants from the James Loeb Classical Library Foundation at Harvard University, and the exhibition has travelled to 79 locations across the United States, as well as the United Kingdom, and Canada.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Gordon, Laura. "Moore, Lewis Baxter". Database of Classical Scholars. Rutgers University. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
- ^ Savage, W. Sherman (September 3, 1954). "Know Your History". The Call. p. 14. Retrieved February 6, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Black Classicists: A Mural Mosaic". The Center for Hellenic Studies. Harvard University. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
- ^ a b c "Lewis Baxter Moore". Penn Libraries, University Archives and Records Center. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
- ^ Washington, Booker T.; Harlan, Louis R. (1977). Booker T. Washington Papers Volume 7: 1903-4. Assistant Editor, Barbara S. Kraft. University of Illinois Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-252-00666-1 – via Google Books.
- ^ Giddings, Paula (1988). In Search of Sisterhood: Delta Sigma Theta and the Challenge of the Black Sorority Movement (3 ed.). New York: Harper Collins. p. 1162.
- ^ a b Ronnick, Michele Valerie. "Lewis Baxter Moore, Educator, and Minister born". African American Registry (AARegistry).
- ^ "Ex-Howard Dean Buried". The Afro-American (Obituary). December 22, 1928. p. 4. Retrieved February 6, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Colby, Joy Hakanson (September 6, 2003). "Black Classists Exhibit - 2003". Detroit Free Press. p. 47. Retrieved February 6, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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- 1866 births
- 1928 deaths
- 19th-century African-American academics
- 19th-century American academics
- 20th-century African-American academics
- 20th-century American academics
- African-American Presbyterian ministers
- American Presbyterian ministers
- Classics educators
- Fisk University alumni
- Howard University faculty
- University of Pennsylvania alumni