Solomon Pool
American academic
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| Intro | American academic | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Academic | |
| Work field | Education | |
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| Birth | 21 April 1832, Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, U.S.A. | |
| Death | 8 April 1901Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, U.S.A. (aged 69 years) |
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Solomon Pool (April 21, 1832 – April 8, 1901) was the fourth president of the University of North Carolina. His father was a wealthy slave-holding planter of English descent, his mother was descended from French Huguenots. Pool entered the University of North Carolina in 1849 and graduated in 1853. Pool became president of the university in 1869.