Reverend John McVickar

Reverend John McVikar was born in New York City, August 10, 1787, and died there, October 29, 1868. He graduated from Columbia College (King’s College) in 1804, subsequently spending time in England with his father, who was numbered among the wealthy merchants of New York. In 1811, he took orders in the Protestant Episcopal Church, becoming rector of St. James’s Church, Hyde Park. In 1817, he was appointed professor of moral philosophy, rhetoric, and belles-lettres—to which was afterward added the evidences of Christianity—discharging the duties of this office for nearly half a century. century.

[Published Winter 2019]