The Biographical Dictionary of America/Apple, Thomas Gilmore

APPLE, Thomas Gilmore, educator, was born in Easton, Pa., Nov. 14, 1829. He was graduated at Marshall college in 1850, studied theology, was pastor in the German Reformed church at Easton, Pa., 1853-'65, and succeeded Dr. J. Vandervear as principal of the Easton academy. He was president of Mercersburg college, 1865-'71, professor of church history and exegesis in the theological seminary of the Reformed church, Lancaster, Pa., 1871-'98; president of Franklin and Marshall college, Lancaster, Pa., 1877-'89, and editor of the Mercersburg Review and of the Reformed Church Quarterly, 1867-'98. He was a delegate to the Pan-Presbyterian Alliance at Belfast, Ireland, in 1884. He received the degrees Ph.D. from Lafayette in 1867, D.D. from Franklin and Marshall in 1868, and LL.D. from Lafayette in 1885. He died in Lancaster, Pa., Sept. 17, 1898.