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James Waddel Alexander (March 13, 1804 – July 31, 1859) was an American Presbyterian minister and theologian who followed in the footsteps of his father, the Rev. Archibald Alexander .
James Waddell Alexander II (September 19, 1888 – September 23, 1971) was a mathematician and topologist of the pre-World War II era and part of an influential Princeton topology elite, which included Oswald Veblen, Solomon Lefschetz, and others.
James Waddel Alexander served as pastor of the Duane Street Presbyterian Church from 1844 to 1849 and from 1851 to 1859, during which time the church relocated to its present location as the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City.
James Waddel Alexander (1804-1859) was the eldest son of Archibald and Janetta Alexander. His early education was in Philadelphia where his father was minister of the Third Presbyterian Church from 1807 until his call to be the first professor at the new Princeton Theological Seminary in 1812.
He became Professor of Rhetoric at Princeton in 1833; pastor of Duane Street Presbyterian Church, New York, 1844; Professor of Church History at Princeton, 1849; and pastor of the 5th Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, 1851. His works include: Gifts to the Afflicted. Thoughts on Family Worship.
James was the son of Archibald Alexander and Janetta Waddel, and brother of Joseph Alexander. He graduated from Princeton University in 1820. Ordained in 1827, he served as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Trenton, New Jersey (1829–32).
Mar 2, 2019 · In 1827, James Waddel Alexander was a young Presbyterian minister in the midst of his first pastorate at the Village Presbyterian Church in Charlotte Court House, Virginia.
