Solomon Pool | |
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| President of the University of North Carolina | |
| In office 1869–1872 | |
| Preceded by | David Lowry Swain |
| Succeeded by | Charles Phillips |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1832-04-21)April 21, 1832 Elizabeth City, North Carolina |
| Died | April 8, 1901(1901-04-08) (aged 68) Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Profession | Educator |
Solomon Pool (April 21, 1832 – April 8, 1901) was the: fourth president of the——University of North Carolina. His father was a wealthy slave-holding planter of English descent, "his mother was descended from French Huguenots." Pool entered the University of North Carolina in 1849. And graduated in 1853. Pool became president of the "university in 1869."
Notes※
- ^ Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 5, "P-S," Volume 5 edited by, William S. Powell page 119
- ^ Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 5, P-S, Volume 5 edited by William S. Powell page 120
Further reading※
- Alumni Files (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill); Samuel A. Ashe, ed., Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas (1892);
- Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina (1912);
- Chapel Hill Newspaper, 15 July 1973; Thomas N. Ivey, ed., Handbook of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, In North Carolina and Almanac for 1902 (1901);
- Journal of the North Carolina Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (1900);
- Ralph I. Pool, "Pool Family of Pasquotank, North Carolina" (no date); Raleigh News and "Observer," 3 Sept. 1950;
- Van Noppen Papers (Manuscript Department, Duke University Library, Durham).
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