Moses Smart (1812–1873) was an American pastor, professor, physician, attorney, and first leader of what was later known as

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. Moses Mighels Smart was born in 1812 in North

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and graduated from Waterville College (1836) (now

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) and then from the Bangor Theological Seminary (1839) then

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(1840), and then from the Central Medical College (1850). He also studied law, and was admitted to the New York bar in 1843. In 1840 he became the first leader of the first Free Will Baptist Theological School (later known as

) which was first located in

attached to

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before moving to

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, and then Whitestown, New York and eventually merging with

. Smart led the institution until 1849 and later led his own school for a period. He preached in

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for several years. He then returned to Whitesboro in 1866 and taught ancient languages at Whitestown Seminary until 1871. Smart died in Whitestown, New York in 1873 of

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. Smart published several works, including "Biblical Doctrine," “A Chronological History from the Creation of the World to the Present Century," "Moral Philosophy," and “Elements of Hebrew."

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1812 births 1873 deaths Free Will Baptists 19th-century Baptist ministers from the United States {{US-reli-bio-stub