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Very Rev Samuel Marcus Dill DD (1812-1870) was an Irish Presbyterian minister and theologian.

Early Life
He was born on 24 August 1812, the son of Reverend Samuel Dill and Hester Foster. He married Anna Harrison Moreland, daughter of James Cowan Moreland, on 8 May 1843.

Education
He graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1831 with a Master of Arts (M.A.) and in 1833 with a Doctor of Divinity (D.D.).

Ministry
He was ordained in Magherally, County Down in 1835. He was installed in Hillsborough, County Down on 3 October 1837 and resigned the charge on 28 September 1853 on moving to Ballymena, County Antrim. In 1865 he became Professor of Systematic Theology and first President at Magee College, Derry, County Londonderry. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland between 1860 and 1861. He died on 11 May 1870 at the age of 57.

Works
A sermon delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, Strabane, on Sabbath, 26th December, 1858 On the death of the Rev. Alexander Porter Goudy, D.D.