James Woodrow (Professor)
| James Woodrow | |
|---|---|
| Born |
James Woodrow May 30, 1828 Carlisle, England |
| Died | January 17, 1907 (aged 78) Columbia, South Carolina |
| Alma mater |
Heidelberg University Harvard University Jefferson College |
| Scientific career | |
| Influences | Charles Darwin |
James Woodrow (May 30, 1828 – January 17, 1907) was an uncle of United States President Woodrow Wilson, professor at Columbia Theological Seminary, and later president of the College of South Carolina. He was a controversial figure in the Presbyterian Church in the United States in the 1880s.
James Woodrow was born in Carlisle, England on May 30, 1828, the son of a minister, Thomas Woodrow. At the age of eight, the young James Woodrow moved with his family to Canada, but after finding the climate of Canada disagreeable, the family relocated to Chilicothe, Ohio.
Woodrow attended, and graduated from Jefferson College in 1849. After some time in Alabama, as a teacher, Woodrow entered the Lawrence School of Science at Harvard University in 1853 to study under Louis Agassiz. In 1855 and 1856, he studied at Heidelberg University, from where he graduated with an A.M. and Ph.D. summa cum laude.
Along with studying science, Woodrow studied religion and in 1859 was ordained by the Hopewell Presbytery, then part of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. He was also appointed as Professor of Chemistry, Geology, and Natural Philosophy at the University of Georgia, but never took the position. Instead, Woodrow took a position at Columbia Theological Seminary in 1861, becoming the first Perkins Professor of Natural Science.
In 1866, with financial aid from his brother, Woodrow also opened a printing business. He restarted the Southern Presbyterian Review, which had been begun in 1846, but had its final publication in 1864, until the circumstances brought about by the Civil War put an end the magazine. Woodrow served as its owner, publisher and chief editor, and, among other things, engaged in a literary debate about geology with fellow PCUS churchman R.L. Dabney, a professor of theology at Union Theological Seminary.
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