David Van Horne

Background

Horne, David Van was born on December 11, 1837 in Glen, New York, United States. Son of Cornelius C. and Hannah (Van Horne) V.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Union College, 1864. Graduate New Brunswick (New Jersey) Theological Seminary, 1867. Doctor of Divinity, Heidelberg, 1877.

Doctor of Laws, Ursinus College, 1898.

Career

Ordained Reformed (Dutch) Church ministry, 1867. Pastor Greenwich, New York, 1867-1868, Dayton, O., 1868-1875, First Reformed Church, Philadelphia, 1875-1888. President and professor systematic theology, Heidelberg Theological Seminary, Tiffin, Ohio (now Central Theological Seminary of Reformed Church, Dayton, Ohio), 1888-1916, emeritus professor and honorary president same.

Author: A History of the Reformed Church in Philadelphia, 1876.

Shorter Heidelberg Catechism, 1881. Zwingle, the Mountain Boy of Wildhaus, 1884, Tent and Saddle Life in the Holy Land, 1885.

Religion and Revelation, 1892. The Church and the Future Life, 1904.

Home: Amsterdam, New New York

Achievements

• David Van Horne has been listed as a noteworthy theologian by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Mary G. Van Horne, September 18, 1867.

Father:

Cornelius C. V.

Mother:

Hannah (Van Horne) V.

Spouse:

Mary G. Van Horne