| LC control no. | no2001019893 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hill, D. H. (Daniel Harvey), 1821-1889 |
| Variant(s) | Hill, Daniel Harvey, 1821-1889 Hill, Harvey, 1821-1889 Hill, Daniel H., 1821-1889 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Davidson (N.C.) Fayetteville (Ark.) |
| Birth date | 1821-07-12 |
| Death date | 1889-09-24 |
| Place of birth | York District (S.C.) |
| Place of death | Charlotte (N.C.) |
| Field of activity | Mathematics Editing Education, Higher |
| Affiliation | United States Military Academy Washington College (Lexington, Va.) Davidson College North Carolina Military Institute University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural College |
| Profession or occupation | College presidents Mathematicians College teachers Soldiers Editors University and college faculty members |
| Found in | Miller, A.W. Memorial sketches of Rev. Robert Hall Morrison, 1889: cover (D.H. Hill, co-author) Dictionary of North Carolina biography, H-K, 1988: p. 132 (Hill, Daniel Harvey, 12 July 1821-24 Sept. 1889, soldier and educator) A fighter from way back, 2002: CIP t.p. (Daniel Harvey Hill, 4th Artillery, USA) galley (Harvey Hill) NUCMC data from Navarro College (Corsicana, Tex.) for His Autograph letter signed, 1876 May 5 (Daniel Harvey Hill; Confederate general) AllRefer.com, Apr. 15, 2004 (Daniel H. Hill; Confederate general; author; b. York District, S.C.; professor of mathematics at :Washington College (1849-1854); Davidson College (1854-1859); and superintendent of the North Carolina Military Institute (1859-1861); after the war he settled in Charlotte, N.C., where he established a monthly magazine and a weekly newspaper; pres. of the Univ. of Arkansas (1877-1884) and of the Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural College (1886-1889)) North Carolina History Project (website), viewed Oct. 6, 2021: Daniel Harvey Hill (1821-1889) (Born July 12, 1821 in York District, South Carolina, Daniel Harvey Hill was Confederate States army officer and educator. After graduating West Point in 1842, Hill served in the Mexican-American War. After the war, Hill served as a mathematics professor at Washington College (now Washington and Lee University). Later, he joined the faculty at Davidson College in North Carolina. Hill founded the North Carolina Military Institute in Charlotte, North Carolina. Joining the Confederate ranks as a colonel. Following the war, Hill sought to document Southern history by establishing two literary publications: The Land We Love and My Southern Home. He was elected to serve as the University of Arkansas's president and later held the same position at the Military and Agricultural College of Milledgeville, Georgia. Hill died on September 24, 1889 in Charlotte, North Carolina and is buried at Davidson College) <https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/daniel-harvey-hill-1821-1889/> Wikipedia, viewed Oct. 6, 2021: Daniel Harvey Hill (Daniel Harvey Hill (July 12, 1821 - September 24, 1889) was an American military officer and scholar who served as a Confederate general during the Civil War. He is usually referred to as D. H. Hill. D. H. Hill was born at Hill's Iron Works, in York District, South Carolina to Solomon and Nancy Cabeen Hill. Hill graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1842, ranking 28 out of 56 cadets, and was appointed to the 1st United States Artillery. In February 1849, Daniel Harvey Hill resigned his commission and became a professor of mathematics at Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), in Lexington, Virginia. In 1854, he joined the faculty of Davidson College, North Carolina, and was, in 1859, made superintendent of the North Carolina Military Institute of Charlotte. From 1866 to 1869, Hill edited a magazine, The Land We Love, at Charlotte, North Carolina, which dealt with social and historical subjects, and had a great influence in the South. In 1877, he became one of the first presidents of the University of Arkansas, a post that he held until 1884, and, in 1885, president of the Military and Agricultural College of Milledgeville, Georgia until August 1889, when he resigned due to failing health. General Hill died at Charlotte the following month, and was buried in Davidson College Cemetery.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Harvey_Hill> |
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