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MATTOON, Stephen, clergyman, born in Champion, New York, 5 May, 1816. He was graduated at Union in 1842, and at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1846, and ordained an evangelist of the Presbyterian Church in February of the latter year, becoming missionary to Siam.
He labored in that field till 1866, was pastor at Balston Spa, New York, in 1867-'9, and in 1870-'4 was president of Biddle University, Charlotte, North Carolina. Since 1877 he has been professor of systematic theology in its theological department.
He completed the translation of the New Testament into Siamese in 1865, and it was printed that year complete at the Presbyterian mission press at Bangkok, Siam. Parts had been printed earlier as they were finished. Union gave him the degree of D. D. in 1870.
Edited Appletons Encyclopedia by John Looby, Copyright © 2001 VirtualologyTM