James Archibald Campbell
Organization founder
1862 – 1934
Who was James Archibald Campbell?
James Archibald Campbell founded Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina in 1887. Campbell was the father of Dr. Leslie Campbell, who would succeed him as president of Campbell College and Arthur Carlyle Campbell, who would become president of Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina. Although he first attended in 1886, J.A. Campbell received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Wake Forest College in 1911 on the same day as did his two sons. One of his grandchildren, Cathernine Campbell King, resides across from the university he founded. He is buried at the Buies Creek Cemetery in Buies Creek.
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- Born
- Jan 13, 1862
Angier - Children
- Education
- Wake Forest University
- Employment
- Campbell University
- Died
- Mar 18, 1934
Buies Creek
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on July 23, 2013
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