Robert Hett Chapman (March 15, 1771 – June 18, 1833) was a Presbyterian minister and missionary and the second president of the University of North Carolina.
Robert graduated from Nassau Hall, now known as Princeton University, in 1789 with his bachelor's degree in theology.
On December 12, 1812, was elected president by the board of trustees at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
He gave in his letter of resignation on November 23, 1816, and his session ended immediately but was still given half of a years severance pay and was still allowed to stay in the house he lived in on the campus.
After resigning from UNC, he traveled as a minister and missionary throughout Virginia, where he was a pastor in Leesburg, Loudon and Winchester.