George Frederick Holmes (1820 – 1897) was the first Chancellor of the University of Mississippi, from 1848 to 1849.[1][2][3]
George Frederick Holmes was born in 1820 in Georgetown, British Guyana.[1] In 1836, he attended Durham University in England, but he dropped out and left for Quebec in 1837.[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 Chancellor 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]
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Chancellors of the University of Mississippi 1848-1849 |
Succeeded by Augustus Baldwin Longstreet |
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