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22. Reverend John W. Moore

Bust portrait of Reverend John W. Moore, C.M. (1859-1925), President of St. John’s University, Brooklyn, NY, 1907 – 1925.

Published onDec 13, 2023
22. Reverend John W. Moore

Date

1920 - 1926

Material

Bronze

Description

Bust portrait of Reverend John W. Moore, C.M. (1859-1925), President of St. John’s University, Brooklyn, NY, 1907 – 1925.

Markings

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Provenance / Location

Moore Memorial High School; Moore Memorial Building, Saint John's University, Brooklyn, NY.

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Notes / Sources

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), Sept. 12, 1927.

John W. Moore (1859 – 1925) “The Very Rev. Dr. John W. Moore, for twenty years president of St. John’s College, Brooklyn, and at one time assistant pastor at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Baltimore, died yesterday morning at St. Agnes’ Hospital. Dr. Moore, who was well known as an educator, was operated upon at the hospital May 5.

Born at Cape Girardaeu, Mo., 66 years ago, Dr. Moore was educated at St. Vincent’s Seminary, Germantown, Pa., where he was ordained. In Brooklyn he also was president of the Diocesan Seminary and pastor of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.”

“Very Rev. Dr. J.W. Moore Dies in Hospital in City,” The Baltimore Sun, June 4, 1925, 4.

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