William D. Chappelle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William D. Chappelle

American educator and AME Church Bishop

Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1857

Place of Birth: Winnsboro, South Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: priest, educator

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

William David Chappelle (1857–1925) was an American educationalist and bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Chappelle was president of Allen University a historically black university in Columbia, South Carolina from 1897 to 1899 and served as the chairman of its board of trustees from 1916 to 1925.Chappelle was born in 1857 in Winnsboro, South Carolina, one of the eleven children of Henry and Patsy McCory Chappelle.His great-grandson is Dave Chappelle, a stand-up comedian.