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title: 'Happy 200th Birthday to T.V. Moore!'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2018-02-01
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2018-happy-200th-birthday-to-t-v-moore
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# Happy 200th Birthday to T.V. Moore!

It was on February 1, 1818, that [Thomas Verner Moore (1818-1871)](/authors/thomas-verner-moore) was born in Newville, Pennsylvania. He would grow up to study for the ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary, and later succeed [William Swan Plumer (1802-1880)](/authors/william-swan-plumer) as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Richmond, Virginia, before ending his ministry in Nashville, Tennessee.

He is, perhaps, most famous today for his well-regarded commentaries on Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi, which have been republished by Banner of Truth as part of the Geneva Commentary Series. He is less well-known for [his poetry](http://www.presbyteriansofthepast.com/2016/01/29/v-moores-poetry/). But another noteworthy work of his would be his history of [*The Culdee Church*](https://www.logcollegepress.com/s/Moore-TV-Culdee-Church.pdf) (1868), in which he traces the Presbyterian links in the chain between the ancient and Reformation-era Church of Scotland.

His grandson, Thomas Verner Moore (1877-1869), was a Roman Catholic monk and pioneer of modern psychology. Three other members of his family would go on to share the same name. But today we honor the bicentennial of a 19th century Presbyterian minister who left his mark as a pastor, a Biblical commentator, and as a church historian.