'''Telfair Hodgson Jr.''', also known as '''Telfair Hodgson''', (September 14, 1876 -– September 16, 1952) was an American businessman and academic administrator. He was the treasurer of [[Sewanee: The University of the South]] from 1908 to 1949. He was also the president of the Bank of Sewanee, and a developer of [[Belle Meade, Tennessee]].
==Early life==
Hodgson was born on September 14, 1876.<ref name="tennesseanobitjr">{{cite news |title=Telfair Hodgson Dies At Sewanee. Heart Attack Fatal To Former Treasurer; Had Retired In 1949 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/111306781/?terms=%22Telfair%2BHodgson%22 |accessdate=June 15, 2018 |work=The Tennessean |date=September 17, 1952|pages=1-21–2}}</ref><ref name="jacksonsunobit">{{cite news |title=Telfair Hodgson Dies At Sewanee |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/282490517/?terms=%22Telfair%2BHodgson%22 |accessdate=June 15, 2018 |work=The Jackson Sun |date=September 17, 1952|page=10|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|registration=yes}}</ref> His father, [[Telfair Hodgson]], was an Episcopal priest who served as the third vice chancellor of Sewanee: The University of the South from 1879 to 1890. His mother, nee Frances Potter, was the daughter of a slave-owning planter from [[Savannah, Georgia]].<ref name="torianjstor">{{cite journal |last1=Torian |first1=Sarah Hodgson |title=ANTE-BELLUM AND WAR MEMORIES OF MRS. TELFAIR HODGSON |journal=The Georgia Historical Quarterly |date=December 1943 |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=350-356350–356 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40576904 |accessdate=June 15, 2018|via=[[JSTOR]]|registration=yes}}</ref>
Hodgson graduated from Sewanee: The University of the South in 1898.<ref name="tennesseanobitjr"/> He was a member of the [[Phi Delta Theta]] fraternity.<ref name="jacksonsunobit"/>
