D. D Crosby Howard, an American clergyman, born in New York, Feb. 27, 1826. He graduated at the university of New York in 1844, and was professor of Greek in that institution from 1851 to 1859, when he resigned to take the Greek professorship in Rutgers college, New Brunswick, N. J. In 1859 he received the degree of D. D. from Harvard university, and in 1872 that of LL. D. from Columbia college. In 1861 he was ordained, and in addition to his professorship became pastor of the first Presbyterian church in New Brunswick. In 1863 he resigned both places to assume the pastorate of the Fourth avenue Presbyterian church in New York; and in 1870 he was chosen chancellor of the university of the city of New York. Besides numerous sermons, addresses, and contributions to theological periodicals, he has edited the OEdipus Tyrannies of Sophocles (1851), and is author of "Lands of the Moslem" (1850), "Notes on the New Testament" (1861), "Social Hints for Young Christians" (1866), "Bible Manual" (1869), "Jesus, his Life and Works as narrated by the Four Evangelists" (1870), "The Healthy Christian" (1872), and "Thoughts on the Decalogue" (1873).