Background
Riddle, Matthew Brown was born on October 17, 1836 in Pittsburgh. Son of David H. (Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Laws) and Elizabeth Blaine (Brown) R.
Riddle, Matthew Brown was born on October 17, 1836 in Pittsburgh. Son of David H. (Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Laws) and Elizabeth Blaine (Brown) R.
Bachelor of Arts, Jefferson (now Washington and Jefferson) College, 1852, Master of Arts, 1855. Western Theological Seminary, 1853-1855. Graduate New Brunswick Theological Seminary, 1859.
(Doctor of Divinity, Franklin and Marshall, 1870, Princeton, 1896.
Doctor of Laws, Western University of Pennsylvania, 1894).
Adjunct professor Greek, Jefferson College, 1857-1858. Chaplain 2d New Jersey Volumes, 1861. Ordained Reformed Church ministry, 1862.
Pastor Hoboken, New Jersey, 1862-1865, Newark, New Jersey, 1865-1869.
Professor New Testament exegesis, Hartford Theological Seminary, 1871-1887, Western Theological Seminary, 1887-1911, professor New Testament criticism, 1911-1913. Retired 1913.
Member American Committee New Testament Revision and for years one of editors of Standard edit Revised Version.; Member Assembly’s committee for revising proof-texts of Westminster Standards.
Married Anna M. Walther, of Heidelberg, Germany, August 21, 1862.