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BRIGGS, Charles Augustus, clergyman, born in New York City, 15 January, 1841. He studied in the University of Virginia from 1857 till 1860, in the union theological seminary, New York City, from 1861 till 1863, and in the University of Berlin from 1866 till 1869. Returning to this country, he became pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Roselle, New Jersey, and in 1874 was appointed to the chair of Hebrew in Union theological seminary. He is one of the editors of the "Presbyterian Review, and has published "Biblical Study" (New York, 1883); "American Presbyterianism" (1885)" and "Messianic Prophecy" (1886).
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