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Samuel Miller
1769–1850
A leading voice in early American Presbyterianism, he spent decades shaping ministers and church life through preaching, teaching, and widely read religious writing. His work at Princeton helped define a generation of Reformed theological education.
1 Audiobook
A Memorial of Mrs. Margaret Breckinridge
by John Breckinridge, Samuel Miller
About the author
Born in Dover, Delaware, in 1769, Samuel Miller became an influential Presbyterian minister, theologian, and author in the early United States. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, was licensed to preach in the 1790s, and served for many years as a pastor in New York City before moving into theological education.
In 1813 he joined Princeton Theological Seminary, where he taught ecclesiastical history and church government. He became one of the school’s formative early professors and was known for writing on ministry, church order, and Presbyterian belief in a clear, practical style.
Miller remained an important figure in American Presbyterian life until his death in 1850. Remembered as both a churchman and a teacher, he helped connect pastoral work, scholarship, and institutional leadership at a time when Protestant education in the United States was taking shape.