John DeBerniere Hooper

Life and Orange County connections

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During their lifetime

1. 1831 to 1848 John DeBerniere Hooper teaches at the university as tutor and professor After graduating in 1831 Hooper stayed in Chapel Hill as a tutor in languages, became professor of modern languages in July 1836 and professor of Latin in 1838. He and his wife left Chapel Hill in 1848 to teach and farm near Littleton. Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · NCpedia: Hooper, John De Berniere
2. August 1838 Trustees split ancient languages into separate chairs of Greek and Latin In August 1838 the professorship of ancient languages was abolished and separate chairs of Greek and Latin created, with Manuel Fetter in Greek and John DeBerniere Hooper in Latin, while modern languages became a chair of French taught by Charles Marey. The faculty were also told to introduce civil engineering, which was not done. People: John DeBerniere Hooper, Manuel Fetter Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Charles MareySearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 451
3. October 30, 1846 Helen Caldwell dies and is buried with her husband at his monument Helen Hogg Caldwell, widow of President Caldwell and a leader of village society, died at Chapel Hill on October 30, 1846 while visiting John DeBerniere Hooper. Caldwell's remains were taken up on October 31 and laid beside hers at the base of his monument, with the president and faculty as pallbearers. People: Joseph Caldwell, John DeBerniere Hooper, Elisha Mitchell, Helen Hogg Caldwell Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Helen CaldwellSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 502
4. 1848 Fordyce M. Hubbard is elected professor of Latin After John DeBerniere Hooper resigned the Latin chair, the trustees elected the Rev. Fordyce M. Hubbard, an Episcopal clergyman then heading Trinity School near Raleigh, professor of Latin. He took up the work the following year and held the chair until 1868. People: Fordyce M. Hubbard, John DeBerniere Hooper Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 517-518
5. 1875 to 1885 John DeBerniere Hooper returns as professor of Greek and French when the university reopens When the university reopened in 1875 Hooper was appointed professor of Greek and French. He resigned in October 1885 because of illness and died at his Chapel Hill home in January 1886. Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · NCpedia: Hooper, John De Berniere
6. August 25, 1876 Former professor William Hooper dies at Chapel Hill William Hooper, who had brought his bride to Chapel Hill in 1816 to teach at the university, died on August 25, 1876 after a trip to Philadelphia for a meeting of descendants of the Declaration's signers. At his request he was buried beside his mother and her second husband, President Joseph Caldwell, and in 1904 the remains were moved to the new Caldwell monument. People: Joseph Caldwell Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: William HooperSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 108

After their death in 1876

Later events: estates and burials, and the buildings, honors and histories that remember them.

1. June 4, 1879 Solicitor General Samuel F. Phillips addresses the university alumni The Alumni Association chose Prof. J. DeB. Hooper to preside in place of its late president, Judge Battle, and heard Samuel F. Phillips, Solicitor General of the United States, on the university's past, present and future. Phillips contrasted the presidencies of Joseph Caldwell and David L. Swain and remembered Judge Battle and other alumni. People: Samuel (Samuel Field) Phillips, John DeBerniere Hooper, John W. Graham Place: University, Chapel Hill · Also named: Joseph Caldwell, David L. SwainSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Ledger, June 7, 1879, p. 2
2. January 23, 1886 Professor John DeBerniere Hooper dies Hooper, a first-honor graduate of 1831 who taught French, Latin and then Greek at Chapel Hill before and after the war, died soon after resigning in 1885 because of failing health. Student Solomon C. Weill taught his Greek classes until Eben Alexander arrived. People: Eben Alexander Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Solomon C. WeillSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 353