The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IV G Green, William Mercer GREEN, William Henry, clergyman, was born in Groveville, Burlington county, N.J., Jan. 27, 1825; son of George S. and Sarah (Kennedy) Green. He was graduated at Lafayette college in 1840, was tutor there, 1841-42; adjunct professor of mathematics, 1843-44; graduated at Princeton theological seminary in 1846, and was assistant instructor in Hebrew in the seminary, 1846-49. He was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry, May 24, 1848, and was pastor of the Central Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, Pa., 1849-51, when he accepted the chair of Oriental and Old Testament literature in Princeton theological seminary. He declined the presidency of the college in 1868; was moderator of the General Assembly in 1871; received the degrees D.D. from Princeton in 1857 and LL.D. from Rutgers in 1873, and was chairman of American committee for revision of Old Testament. He is the author of a Hebrew Grammar (1861); Hebrew Chrestomathy (1863); The Pentateuch Vindicated from the Asper-signs of Bishop Colenso (1863); The Arguement of the Book of Job Unfolded (1874); Moses and the Prophets (1883); The Hebrew Feasts (1885); The Higher Criticism of the Pentateuch (1895); The Unity of the Book of Genesis (1895); and General Introduction to the Old Testament (1898). He died in Princeton, N. J., Feb. 10, 1900 Deloris Williams