Joseph Caldwell

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name = Joseph Caldwell

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caption = Monument to Joseph Caldwell on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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birth_date = birth date|1773|04|21
birth_place = Lamington, New Jersey
death_date = death date|1835|01|27
death_place = Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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nationality = American
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known_for = 1st President of the University of North Carolina
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alma_mater = Princeton University
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occupation = Educator, Religious Minister
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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
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religion = Presbyterian
spouse = Susan Rowan Helen Hogg Hooper
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Joseph Caldwell (1773 – 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.

External links

* [http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/caldwell/caldwell.html Joseph Caldwell autobiography]
* [http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/caldwell/bio.html Joseph Caldwell biography]
* [http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/htm/00127.html Joseph Caldwell Papers]
* [http://museum.unc.edu/get_page.html?chapter=15&slide=2 Caldwell Monument]