Carol E. Hoffecker

Carol Hoffecker is the Richards Professor Emerita of History at the University of Delaware. She has worked on the history of Delaware.

Early life Hoffecker was born in Wilmington, Delaware on December 29, 1938. She attended the Mount Pleasant School District from 1944 to 1956. Hoffecker attained her undergraduate degree at the University of Delaware, graduating with honors in 1960. She wrote her senior thesis on the siege of Lewes, Delaware during the War of 1812. Her teaching career began at Sweet Briar College in 1963 and she later taught at Northeastern University.

Career

Hoffecker earned her master's degree in history at Radcliffe College, She returned to her home state of Delaware in 1968 as a junior resident scholar at the Hagley Museum and Library, where she began work on a history of Delaware. That year, she also returned to UD, when she became coordinator of the Hagley Graduate Program and taught courses on Delaware history and urban history. In 1973, she became a full-time faculty member. She was editor of the magazine Delaware History, She donated her papers and a collection of 71 bookplates to the University of Delaware Special Collections.

Selected publications