Charles Wilson Harris was born in 1771. He was the son of Col. Robert Harris (1737-1803) of Poplar Tent and Mary Wilson. His elementary education was at a classical school conducted in association with the Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church, of which his father was a presiding elder. He then attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and was awarded the Mathematical Oration at his 1792 graduation.
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Harris was a close associate of William Richardson Davie. He was Davie's law clerk and assumed Davie's legal caseload during the latter's absences from Halifax, North Carolina when he was governor and ambassador to France.
charles, wilson, harris, 1771, january, 1804, briefly, presiding, professor, equivalent, modern, university, president, university, north, carolina, during, 1796, presiding, professor, theuniversity, north, carolinain, office, 1796, 1796preceded, bydavid, kers. Charles Wilson Harris 1771 January 15 1804 was briefly presiding professor equivalent of a modern day university president of the University of North Carolina during 1796 Charles Wilson HarrisPresiding Professor of theUniversity of North CarolinaIn office 1796 1796Preceded byDavid KerSucceeded byJoseph CaldwellPersonal detailsBorn1771 1771 Concord North CarolinaDiedJanuary 15 1804 1804 01 15 aged 32 33 Anson County North Carolina United StatesProfessionEducator Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early life 1 2 Career 1 3 Personal life 1 4 Death 2 ReferencesBiography editEarly life edit Charles Wilson Harris was born in 1771 He was the son of Col Robert Harris 1737 1803 of Poplar Tent and Mary Wilson His elementary education was at a classical school conducted in association with the Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church of which his father was a presiding elder He then attended the College of New Jersey now Princeton University and was awarded the Mathematical Oration at his 1792 graduation Career edit Harris was a close associate of William Richardson Davie He was Davie s law clerk and assumed Davie s legal caseload during the latter s absences from Halifax North Carolina when he was governor and ambassador to France He served as the second presiding professor now known as university president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill North Carolina in 1796 Personal life edit He was a freemason He never got married Death edit He died of consumption on January 15 1804 References edit nbsp nbsp This biography of an American academic administrator is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Charles Wilson Harris amp oldid 1168304121, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
