MOORE, Frank Fkankfort (1855—). A Britisli novelist and dramatisl, horn at Limerick, Ireland, and edueated at the Uoyal Aeademieal Institution, lielfast. ills phiys include: .1 Murcli. Hare (1S77); The Queen's Houm (18'J1); and Kitty dice, Aelress (1895). Some of his novels are: Told by lite .Vea (1877) ; Coral and Voeoanut (1890); The Two Clippers (1894); The Secret of the Court (18U5); The Millionaires (1898); A Damsel or Two (1902) ; all more or less sen- sational in character.
MOORE, George (1853—). A British novel-
ist and dramatist, born in Ireland. He studied
art uniler Luyten in London, and completed his
education in France. His first ellorts in litera-
ture were contined to the maj^azines, anil under
the title Xoles and t^ensalions. he contributed
from time to time to the London Hank. His
first publication was a volume of verse. Flowers
of Parnassus (1877). the treatment of which at
the hands of the critics is supposed to have been
largely responsible for the fact that, with the
exception of I'tiiian Poems (1881), he has pub-
lished but little verse. For a long time in England
his critical work was regarded as of more per-
manent value than his novels.
His later activities largely consisted of critical studies in aid of the Irish renaissance. He allied himself with ilartin and Yeats in founding the Irish Literary Theatre at Dublin. In the preface of his comedy. The Bending of the Bough (1900), he defines his interest in the movement for the revival of the Celtic tongue and literature, as not merely a desire to reform dramatic literature, but as arising solely from "alarm over the present course of English fiction." He inveighed against the trend of modern English literature, which he regarded as wholly given up to the mere por- trayal of "manners, facts, and social customs," and advocated the return to the novel of "human passion and moral ideas." He declared that France alone had followed the truth in literature, and he threw in his lot with the French school. These views he consistently carries out in his novels, and some of them, especially .1 Modern Lover (1883), A Mummer's Wife '(1884), and Esther Waters (1894). aroused vigorous protest, as being unduly realistic. But his indisputable power of keen observation and delicacy of appre- ciation have won increased admiration. In liister Teresa (1901). which is at once a sequel and a recasting of Evelyn Innes (1898), he shows these powers abimdantly. together with soimd knowl- edge of art and music. Among his other works are: Confessions of a Younq Man (1888) ; f^prinq Days (1888): Miss Fletcher ( 1889) ; /mprra- sious and Opinions (1890); Modern Painting (1893); The Htril;e at Arlinr/ford : A Plat/ (1894) : and The Celibates (189.5).
MOORE, Georoe Foot (1851—). An Ameri-
can Orientalist, boin at West Chester. Pa. He
graduated at Yale in 1872. and at the Union Theo-
logical Seminary in 1877; entered the Presby-
terian ministry, and was pastor of the Pitnam
Presbyterian Church at Zanesville. Ohio. In
1883 he was appointed Hitchcock professor of
Hebrew and the history of religions at .Andover
Theological Seminary, where he was president of
the faculty from 1899 to 1901. when be was ap-
pointed professor of divinity in Harvard T^niver-
sity. He was for several years editor of the
Journal of the .American Oriental Society. His
publications include: .1 Commentary on Judges
(1895) ; Judges, a translation with notes for the
Polvchrome Bible (1898); and The Bool; of
Judges in Hebrew (1900).
MOORE, George Hexby (1823-92). An
American historical writer and librarian, born
in Concord, N. U. He removed in 1839 to New
York City, and in 1843 graduated at New York
Universit}'. Before leaving college he had become
connected with the New York Historical Society,
as an assistant to his father, .lacob Bailey Jloore,
the librarian, and in 1849 succeeded him as its
librarian. In this position he remained until
1872, when, on the opening of Lenox Library, he
became its first superintendent. Here he re-
mained until his death. He was a frequent con-
tributor to historical magazines, and to the pro-
ceedings of historical societies. Among his best
known works are: The Treason of Charles Lee
(1858) ; The Employment of Negroes in the Revo-
lutionary Army (1862) ; Notes on the History of
Slavery in Massachusetts (1800) : and A History
of the -lurisprudence of New York ( 1872).
MOOBE, Harry Humphrey (1844—). An
American painter, born in New Y'ork City. He
studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and under
Gerome in Paris. Afterwards he became the
pupil and friend of Fortuny in Madrid, and still
later traveled and painted in Germany, Italy,
and .Japan. His works include "Gypsy Encamp-
ment, Granada," "Moorish Water-Carrier," "Al-
meh," "The Blind Guitar-Player." and "A Moor-
ish Bazaar." He received the Order of Charles
III. of Spain.
MOORE, Sir Henry (1713-09). An English
colonial governor, born in Vere, Jamaica. He be-
came Lieutenant-Governor of his native island in
1750, and, except for a few weeks in 1759. was
head of the administration until 1702. In reward
for his services in suppressing the slave insur-
rection of 1700 he was made a baronet. In July,
1705, he was appointed Governor of New York,
where he arrived at the lx>ginning of the trouble
over the Stamp Act. Inlluenced by public opin-
ion, he suspended the execution of tlie act. His
administration was generally popular with the
people. He continued to hold the office of Gover-
nor until his death.
MOORE, Henry (1751-1844). A Wesleyan
minister and biographer of ,Iohn Wesley. He was
born in a suburb of Dublin, and was apprenticed
to a wood-carver. Impressed by the preaching of
John Wesley, he frequented tlie Methodist meet-
ings and joined a class in Dublin in 1777. He
began to preach, gave up the wood-carver's art,
and started a classical school. He received an
appointment from Wesley to the Londonderry
circuit in 1779. He was subsequently called
to London, served from 1784 to 1780 as assistant
traveling companion and amanuensis to .John
Vesley. and again from 1788 to 1790. W'esley
made him one of his three literary executors, and
appointed him to be. after his death, one of the
twelve ministers to regulate the services of City
Road Chapel. He was president of the Wes-
leyan Conference in 1804 and 1823. Moore clung
to the methods of Wesley. He refused ordination
in the Church of England, although he accepted
it from Wesley assisted by two Episcopal clergy-
men; opposed Coke's Lichfield scheme of 1794 for
the creation of a Methodist hierarchy, and also
