J. C. Hemphill

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J. C. Hemphill
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Born1850
Due West, South Carolina
Died1927(1927-00-00) (aged 76–77)
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States of America
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • Editor

James Calvin Hemphill (1850 - 1927) was a journalist and editor in the United States. During his career he edited various South Carolina newspapers including the Richmond Times-Dispatch. A glass negative photograph of him with Wrey Woodson and Robert Ewing is part of of the Library of Congress collection.[1]

He was born in Due West, South Carolina. His father was a Presbyterian minister and professor at Erskine College.[2]

He gave a November 7, 1903 talk in "Scotch-Irish Presbyterianism in history" at the centennial synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Winnsboro, South Carolina. He gave the Bromley Lecture (Isaac Hill Bromley) at Yale University April 22, 1910 titled "Some Present Day Problems of the Press".[3] In 1911 he addressed cadets at Virginia Military Institute.[3]

Writings

  • Climate, soil, and agricultural capabilities of South Carolina and Georgia Government Printing Office 1882
  • A short story of the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition
  • Charleston looking to the sea a story of the Coast Defense Squadron and the Cruiser Charleston
  • Men of mark in South Carolina; ideals of American life: a collection of biographies of leading men of the state 1907[3][4]

References

  1. "DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. J.C. HEMPHILL, EDITOR, RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH; WREY WOODSON OF KENTUCKY; ROBERT EWING OF LOUISIANA". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  2. Gatewood, Willard B. (1959). "James Calvin Hemphill: Southern Critic of Woodrow Wilson, 1911-1912". The Georgia Review. 13 (4): 378–392 – via JSTOR.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Hemphill, J. C. 1850-1927 (James Calvin) [WorldCat Identities]".
  4. "Hemphill, J. C. (James Calvin), 1850-1927 | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.

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