Zephaniah Swift Moore (November 20, 1770 – June 29, 1823)[1] was an American Congregational clergyman and educator.

He is most famous for leaving Williams in order to found Amherst, taking some of the faculty and 15 students with him.

[2] Moore died two years after Amherst was founded, and was succeeded by Heman Humphrey, a trustee of Williams College.

Moore's departure from Williams College established the foundation for the intense Williams–Amherst rivalry that persists to the present.

To this day, he is regarded with a measure of derision on the Williams campus.