Christian Frederic Crusé (June 27, 1794 – October 5, 1865) was a minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church, born June 27, 1794, in

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parentage. He entered the

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in 1812, and graduated Jan. 10, 1815, with distinguished honors. He was appointed professor in the University in 1831, and resigned in 1833. He was ordained by bishop White about 1822; became rector of Trinity Parish, Fishkill, N.Y., in April, 1846, but resigned the cure in 1851, and afterwards had no parish. He soon after removed to the

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, where, as librarian, he had ample opportunities for those studies in which he was so successful. In the ancient languages — Syriac,

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, and Greek — Dr. Cruse was very well informed. He translated and edited Eusebius's '' Church History'', and his edition is the best in English. He died in New York October 5, 1865. — ''Church Review'', January, 1866.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crusé, Christian Frederic 1794 births 1865 deaths People from Philadelphia American librarians