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'''George Frederick Holmes''' (1820 – 1897) was the first Chancellor of the [[University of Mississippi]], from 1848 to 1849.<ref name="bio">[http://www.olemiss.edu/info/chan/HOLMES.html University of Mississippi biography]</ref><ref name="anbo">[http://www.anb.org/articles/14/14-01166.html American National Biography Online]</ref><ref name="first">[http://www.firstprinciplesjournal.com/articles.aspx?article=1054&theme=cotho&loc=b First Principals Journal]</ref> |
'''George Frederick Holmes''' (1820 – 1897) was the first Chancellor of the [[University of Mississippi]], from 1848 to 1849.<ref name="bio">[http://www.olemiss.edu/info/chan/HOLMES.html University of Mississippi biography]</ref><ref name="anbo">[http://www.anb.org/articles/14/14-01166.html American National Biography Online]</ref><ref name="first">[http://www.firstprinciplesjournal.com/articles.aspx?article=1054&theme=cotho&loc=b First Principals Journal]</ref> |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
Revision as of 17:18, 20 January 2018
George Frederick Holmes (1820 – 1897) was the first Chancellor of the University of Mississippi, from 1848 to 1849.[1][2][3]
Biography
George Frederick Holmes was born in 1820 in Georgetown, British Guyana.[1] In 1836, he attended the University of Durham in England, but left for Quebec in 1837 without taking a degree.[2][3]
In 1838, he taught in Caroline County, Virginia, United States, then moved to Macon, Georgia to study and teach Law.[2] In 1840, he moved to South Carolina and became a lawyer, first in Walterboro, then in Orangeburg.[2]
In 1845, he became a Professor of Ancient Languages at Richmond College, now known as the University of Richmond.[2][3] In 1847, he became Professor of History and Political Economy at the College of William and Mary.[2][3] From 1848 to 1849, he served as the first President of the University of Mississippi, where he also taught.[2][3] In 1857, he became a Professor at the University of Virginia.[2][3]
He wrote articles for the Southern Quarterly Review, the Southern Literary Messenger, DeBow's Review, and the Methodist Quarterly Review.[2][3] He corresponded with Auguste Comte and John C. Calhoun.[3] He supported state rights, African-American slavery, and an end to tariffs.[3][4]
He died in Charlottesville in 1897.[2]
Bibliography
- The Southern Pictorial Primer, or First-Fifth Reader (1866)
- A School History of the United States of America, From the Earliest Discoveries to the Year 1870 (1871)
References
- ^ a b University of Mississippi biography Archived 2010-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j American National Biography Online
- ^ a b c d e f g h i First Principals Journal
- ^ Susuan V. Donaldson, 'Introduction', in I'll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition, 75th Anniversary Edition, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2006, p. x