John Forsyth Papers

The Rev. John Forsyth was born at Newburgh, N. Y., on December 31, 1810, the eldest son of John and Jane (Currie) Forsyth. He married Anna B. Heyer in New York on September 18, 1833. Forsyth received his A.B. degree from Rutgers College in 1829, an A.M. from Union College in 1834, and was awarded the Doctor of Divinity degree from Rutgers College in 1842. Forsyth served as a clergyman in the Reformed Church of America, New Brunswick Seminary and University of Edinburgh. From 1846 to 1853 he was Professor of Latin, College of New Jersey (Princeton), and Professor of Hebrew and Archaeology in the Reformed Theological Seminary, Newburgh, N.Y., 1853-1859. In 1860 he returned to Rutgers College as Professor of English Literature and Rhetoric, serving until 1863. From 1871 to 1881 Forsyth was Chaplain and Professor of Geography, History and Ethics, at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point. He died in Newburgh on October 17, 1886.