Joseph Caldwell
| Joseph Caldwell | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Caldwell. | |
| Born |
April 21, 1773 Lamington, New Jersey |
| Died |
January 27, 1835 (aged 61) Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Occupation | Educator, Religious Minister |
| Known for | 1st President of the University of North Carolina |
| Term |
1796-1797 (presiding professor) 1799-1804 (presiding professor) 1804-1812 1816-1835 |
| Predecessor |
Charles Wilson Harris James Smiley Gillaspie |
| Successor |
James Smiley Gillaspie Robert Hett Chapman David Lowry Swain |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Spouse(s) |
Susan Rowan Helen Hogg Hooper |
Joseph Caldwell (April 21, 1773 – January 27, 1835) was a U.S. educator, Presbyterian minister, and mathematician. He was the first president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, holding the office from 1804 until 1812, and from 1816 until his death in 1835. He was born in Lamington, New Jersey.
Caldwell County, North Carolina is named for him.
In October, 2013 the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hosted a display to commemorate the role of Masons in the establishment of the first public university in the United States. Among items on display were the 18th- and 19th-century papers from Eagle Lodge No. 19 in Hillsborough documenting the applications, or “petitions,” of UNC’s first President Joseph Caldwell to receive the first and second degrees of Masonry.[1]
References
- ↑ . University of North Carolina Library. October 2013 http://blogs.lib.unc.edu/news/index.php/2013/10/north-carolinas-freemasons-and-the-cornerstones-of-unc/. Missing or empty
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External links
- Autobiography and Biography of Rev. Joseph Caldwell, D.D., L.L.D., First President of the University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, [N.C.]: J.B. Neathery, 1860.
- Joseph Caldwell Papers at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
- Caldwell Monument
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