John DeBerniere Hooper (1811-1886), American educator and Classicist

John DeBerniere Hooper (born September 6, 1811, in Smithfield, North Carolina; died in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, January 23, 1886) was an American Classicist and was professor of Latin and French at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill until 1848.[1][2]

Hooper was the son of Archibald Maclaine and Charlotte De Berniere Hooper.[3] He was a descendant of William Hooper, who signed the Declaration of Independence.[4]

Hooper's papers are archived in the libraries of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "John DeBerniere Hooper | Department of Classics".
  2. ↑ http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4243114 vol. 7 (1907)
  3. ↑ "Hooper, John de Berniere | NCpedia".
  4. ↑ Samuel A'Court Ashe (1908). Biographical History of North Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present. C. L. Van Noppen. pp. 484–.
  5. ↑ "John DeBerniere Hooper Papers, 1778-1911".
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