This Day in the History of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
November
17,
1856
Francis Preston Venable was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, at his family's ancestral home, Longwood (now the president's house at Longwood College). Initially a professor of chemistry at the University, he served as its president from 1900 to 1913.Top |
Website comments or questions: wilsonlibrary@unc.edu
Suggestions on Library Services? Give us your feedback.
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/ref/unc/ncday/browse_results.html?year=1856&month=November
This page was last updated Thursday, August 17, 2006.