Battle, Kemp P. 1831-1919
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Name (Latin)
Battle, Kemp P. 1831-1919
Other forms of name
nna Battle, Kemp Plummer, 1831-1919
Date of birth
1831-12-19
Date of death
1919-02-04
Associated country
United States
Occupation
College presidents
Historians
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- The Battle Family Papers document the life of William Horn Battle (1802-1879) of Louisburg, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill, a white lawyer, legislator, judge, and trustee and professor of law at the University of North Carolina; Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) of Chapel Hill and Raleigh, a white lawyer, president of the Chatham Railroad, who was active in state affairs during the Civil War, served as state treasurer and as University of North Carolina president and professor of history; and Kemp Plummer Battle's son, William James Battle (1870-1955), a white University of North Carolina and Harvard student, professor of classics, dean, and acting president, and professor of classics at the University of Texas and at the University of Cincinnati ( (Finding aid for Battle family papers, via UNC University Libraries WWW site, Apr. 7, 2020) )
- Battle, Kemp Plummer; b. 19 Dec. 1831, Louisburg, N.C., d. 4 Feb. 1919; lawyer, railroad president, university president, educator, and historian; president of the University of North Carolina 1876-1891, later a professor of history ( (NCpedia WWW site, Dec. 3, 2014) )
- nuc88-76042: His Sketches of the early hist. ... [MI] 1877(hdg. on CtY rept.: Battle, Kemp Plummer, 1831-1919; usage: Kemp P. Battle)
- LC data base, 11/1/88(hdg.: Battle, Kemp Plummer, 1831-1919; usage: Kemp P. Battle)
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Wikipedia description:
Kemp Plummer Battle (December 19, 1831 – February 4, 1919) was an American lawyer, railroad president, university president, educator, and historian. He served as North Carolina State Treasurer and as president of the University of North Carolina in the nineteenth century.
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