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Joseph Caldwell (April 21, 1773 – January 27, 1835) was a U.S. educator, Presbyterian minister, mathematician, and astronomer. 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.
Feb 21, 2020 · That is how Joseph Caldwell recalls his foray into the Catholic Worker Movement, chronicled in his new book, In the Shadow of the Bridge. Caldwell and his companion were arrested at that protest ...
Joseph Caldwell, 1773-1835. Caldwell, Joseph (21 Apr. 1773-27 Jan. 1835), mathematician, Presbyterian minister, and first president of The University of North Carolina, was born at Lamington, N.J., in northeastern Hunterdon County*, the youngest of three children of Joseph and Rachel Harker Caldwell. His father died two days before Caldwell's ...
Caldwell County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. As of the 2020 census, the population was 80,652. [1] Its county seat is Lenoir. [2] Caldwell County is part of the Hickory - Lenoir - Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area .
Jan 16, 2024 · Joseph was born to Joseph and Rachel (Harker) Caldwell, April 21, 1773, in Lamington, New Jersey. His father was a physician who emigrated from Ulster in the north of Ireland; his mother’s father was a Presbyterian minister and her grandfather, surnamed Lovel, had been a Huguenot refugee from France. Joseph began practicing medicine in ...
Joseph Caldwell The trustees forced the first presiding professor, David Ker, to resign in 1796 after he renounced his Presbyterian faith. That same year, Harris also left teaching to pursue a law career and recommended that the university hire another Princeton graduate, Joseph Caldwell, to replace him.
Campus Map Joseph Caldwell Monument Joseph Caldwell, who came to teach at UNC in 1796 and who later served as president from 1804 to 1812 and again from 1816 to 1835, is buried with his family beneath this obelisk in the center of McCorkle Place.
