Nott, Henry Junius

Nott, Henry Junius an American educator, was the son of the eminent jurist, Abraham Nott, and was born on the Pacolet River, South Carolina. Nov. 4, 1797. He was educated at South Carolina College, class of 1812. He then went abroad and studied jurisprudence, but shortly after his return accepted the professorship of philosophy and language in his alma mater. On his way home from New York he was shipwrecked, and perished at sea, Oct. 13, 1837. Mr. Nott was a frequent and valued contributor to the Southern Review. He also published Novelettes of a Traveller (New York, 1834, 12mo).