Background
Skinner, Thomas Harvey was born on March 7, 1791 in Harvey’s Neck, North Carolina, United States. Son of Joshua and Martha Ann Skinner.
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Thomas Harvey Skinner
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Graduate Princeton, 1809. Studied theology under President Samuel Stanhope Smith of Princeton after 1811. Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Williams College, 1826, honorary Doctor of Laws, 1855.
Career
Ordained to ministry Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, 1813. Pastor 5th Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, 1816-1832. Professor sacred rhetoric Andover Theological Seminary, 1832-1835.
Pastor New Mercer Street Presbyterian Church, New York City, 1835-circa 1847. A founder, director Union Theological Seminary. Moderator Presbyterian General Assembly (New School), 1854.
Professor rhetoric, 1848-1871. Author: Aids to Preaching and Hearing, 1839. Discussions in Theology, 1868.
