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Robert Hett Chapman

US Presbyterian minister (1771-1833)

Summary

US Presbyterian minister (1771-1833)

Field	Value
name	Robert Hett Chapman
title	President of the
University of North Carolina
term_start	1812
term_end	1816
predecessor	Joseph Caldwell
successor	Joseph Caldwell
birth_date
birth_place	Orangedale, New Jersey
death_date
death_place	Winchester, Virginia
alma_mater	Princeton University
profession	Educator, Religious Minister
spouse	Hannah Arnett

University of North Carolina](university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill) Robert Hett Chapman (March 15, 1771 – June 18, 1833) was a Presbyterian minister and missionary and the second president of the University of North Carolina.

Personal life

Robert Hett Chapman was born second of three children of Reverend Jedediah Chapman and his wife, Blanche Smith and was born on March 15, 1771, in Orangedale (now Orange), New Jersey. He was married to Hannah Arnett in 1797, while serving as a Presbyterian minister.

Presbyterian minister

Robert graduated from Nassau Hall, now known as Princeton University, in 1789 with his bachelor's degree in theology. His next step would be to get his licenses with the Presbytery in New Jersey. After this he was installed as the pastor at the Presbyterian Church in Rahway, New Jersey. Robert remained in Rahway from 1796 to 1799.

President of the University of North Carolina

On December 12, 1812, was elected president by the board of trustees at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Robert contributed to UNC in many ways such as “instituting Bible study for students and helped to establish a local church” He did not stay long at UNC. He gave in his letter of resignation on November 23, 1816, and his session ended immediately but was still given half of a years severance pay and was still allowed to stay in the house he lived in on the campus.

Later life

After resigning from UNC, he traveled as a minister and missionary throughout Virginia, where he was a pastor in Leesburg, Loudon and Winchester. He also traveled some in North Carolina and Tennessee. He “died unexpectedly of an intestinal ailment” in Winchester, Virginia on the June 18, 1833. At the time of his death, he was a resident of Tipton County, TN. In memory of Robert Hett Chapman there is a “framed silhouette” of him “in the North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill”

References

Engstrom, Mary Claire. "Robert Hett Chapman." Documenting the American South. 2004. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 9 Nov. 2007

"November 23, 1816." UNC University of Libraries. 28 Dec. 2003. University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill. 9 Nov. 2007

Notes

References

November, p 1
Engstrom, p 3

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