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• 1 media/image65.jpg media/image43.jpg 2020-12-04T09:48:51-08:00 1818 - William Mercer Green (1798-1887) Graduates 11 William Mercer Green (1798-1887) graduates from UNC, along with his friend and future U.S. President James Knox Polk (1795-1841). Green returned to the University in 1838 as chaplain and professor of rhetoric and logic, although some sources suggest his title was professor of belles lettres and rhetoric. plain 2021-09-01T07:22:50-07:00 01/01/1818 William Mercer Green (1798-1887) graduates from UNC, along with his friend and future U.S. President James Knox Polk (1795-1841). Green returned to the University in 1838 as chaplain and professor of rhetoric and logic, although some sources suggest his title was professor of belles lettres and rhetoric. No matter the title, his role would have been to teach students how to read and appreciate rhetorical criticism, and write essays that were aesthetically effective. Not one to just limit himself to the University, he also founded the Episcopal Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill during his time at UNC. After leaving Chapel Hill, he became the first Episcopal bishop of Mississippi. 
  
  
  
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