J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton

Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac Hamilton was born in Hillsborough. He was educated at home, then entered the Sewanee Academy in Tennessee. He attended the University of the South and received an M.A. degree in 1900. In 1901 he taught at the Horner Military School in Oxford. In 1902 he attended Columbia University, and received a Ph.D. degree in American history in 1906. In 1906 he became associate professor of history at The University of North Carolina, where he stayed until …