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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 · When challenged by a friend in the 1960s about why he didn’t take his church’s peace teachings more seriously, the playwright and author Joseph Caldwell called his friend’s bluff and dragged...
Oct 8, 2021 · stepson. About Joseph Caldwell. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Caldwell. 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. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30971780/joseph-caldwell.
Several of the key antebellum faculty were not North Carolinians or even southerners. Joseph Caldwell, who came to the university in 1796, was a New Jersey native and graduate of the College of New Jersey (Princeton). Elisha Mitchell, who arrived in 1818, was a native of Connecticut and graduate of Yale University.
Sep 9, 2022 · Biography. Joseph Caldwell, 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. [1]
- Male
- April 21, 1773
- Helen (Hogg) Caldwell
- January 27, 1835
In 1804 he married Susan Rowan of Fayetteville. That same year,when the position of president of the university was created, he was unanimously elected by its trustees.
Joseph Caldwell and his wife, Jeanet, had five children, all born in County Donegal, Ireland. The family was living at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, by 1742. He died ca. 1757, at Nottingham West,...
