English and Comparative Literature 225 Anniversary Timeline

1796, July - David Ker (1758-1805) Resigns

Unpopular because of his religious and political views that were contrary to many of those on the board of trustees, David Ker reluctantly resigns from his position as presiding professor after refusing the board's decision to demote him to professor of languages.  Charles Wilson Harris (1771-1804) takes over the duties of the presiding professor until Joseph Caldwell (1773-1835) arrives in October 1796. Tutor Samuel A. Holmes (A.B. 1799) is promoted to professor of languages in December.



SOURCES
Smith, Maud Thomas. “Ker, David.”  Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, edited by William S. Powell. U of North Carolina P, 1988. Rpt. in NCPedia, https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/ker-david.  

Lindemann, Erika.  “The Early Faculty.”  True and Candid Compositions: The Lives and Writings of Antebellum Students at the University of North Carolina. 2005. Documenting the American South.  University Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, https://docsouth.unc.edu/true/chapter/chp01-02/chp01-02.html.   


 

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