Archibald Alexander (1772-1851) was a Presbyterian theologian and professor at the Princeton Theological Seminary, serving as its first principal from 1812 to 1840. Feathers on the Moor is an collection of meditations on a series of biblical passages.
Archibald Alexander (April 17, 1772 – October 22, 1851) was an American Presbyterian theologian and professor at the Princeton Theological Seminary. He served for 9 years as the President of Hampden–Sydney College in Virginia and for 39 years as Princeton Theological Seminary's first professor from 1812 to 1851.