Henry Augustus Boardman (January 9, 1808 – June 15, 1880) was an American minister and author.
Boardman was born in
Troy
Troy (/; ; ) or Ilion (; ) was an ancient city located in present-day Hisarlik, Turkey. It is best known as the setting for the Greek mythology, Greek myth of the Trojan War. The archaeological site is open to the public as a tourist destina ...
, N Y, January 9, 1808. His parents were
John Boardman and Clarinda (Folger) Starbuck, and he often said that he was the product of a Puritan father and a Quaker mother. He graduated from Yale College in 1829. In the fall of 1830 he entered the
Theological Seminary in Princeton, N. J., and in April 1833, was licensed to preach. In September 1833, he was called to the pastorate of the
Tenth Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, over which he was duly installed, November 8, 1833, and of which he continued in charge until May 1876, when he became Pastor Emeritus. He served as moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly in 1854 and was also on the board of directors for the Princeton seminary, which now holds his papers.
In 1851, he was elected as a member to the
American Philosophical Society
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.
During his long and eminent pastorate, he was repeatedly called to other fields of labor,—notably in May 1853, to the chair of Pastoral Theology in Princeton Seminary. He published many volumes and pamphlets, on theological subjects. The degree of
D.D. was conferred on him by
Marshall College. After an interval of feeble health, he died in Philadelphia, June 15, 1880, aged 72 years. He left three sons and two daughters, one son being a graduate of Yale in the Class of 1859.
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1808 births
1880 deaths
Writers from Troy, New York
Yale College alumni
Princeton Theological Seminary alumni
Princeton Theological Seminary faculty
American Presbyterian ministers
19th-century American clergy
Moderators of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America