Drury, John Benjamin

D.D. (Rutgers College, 1880), Reformed (Dutch); b. at Rhinebeck, N.Y., Aug. 15, 1838; graduated at Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N.J., 1858, and at the theological seminary there, 1861; was mi ionary at Davenport, Io., 1861-62; has been since 1864 pastor of First Reformed Church, Ghent, N.Y.; was a superintendent of New-Brunswick Theological Seminary, 1874-76, 1883-85; president particular synod of Albany, 1881; Vedder lecturer, 1883; lecturer in summer school of American Institute of Christian Philosophy, 1885. He has written extensively for the periodical pre , and the volumes, Historical Sketch of the First Church of Ghent, 1876; Reformed (Dutch) Church of Rhinebeck, N.Y., 1881; Truths and Untruths of Evolution (Vedder lectures), New York, 1884.