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Reuben Shannon Lovinggood

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Reuben Shannon Lovinggood
3rd President of Samuel Huston College
Preceded byThomas M. Dart
Succeeded byJ. W. Frazier
Personal details
BornMay 2, 1864
Walhalla, Oconee County, South Carolina, U.S.[1]
DiedDecember 17, 1916
Austin, Travis County, Texas, U.S.[1]
Resting placeOakwood Cemetery[1]
Spouse(s)Lillie G. England,
Madeleine Alice Townsend[1]
EducationUniversity of Chicago[1]
Alma materClark College[2]
OccupationEducator, newspaper editor, college president, religious leader

Reuben Shannon Lovinggood (May 2, 1864 – December 17, 1916), was an American newspaper editor, classical scholar, educator, and college president.[3][4] He served as the third president of Samuel Huston College (now known as Huston-Tillotson University) from 1900 to 1916.[1][2] He was the editor and partial owner of the Atlanta Times newspaper from 1890 to 1892.[1] Lovinggood was a professor of Latin and Greek courses from 1895 until 1900 at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas.[1][5] He was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.[2]

His son was Penman Lovingood, a composer and memoir writer; who authored the book about his father, Negro Seer: The Life and Work of Dr. R.S. Lovingood [sic] Educator, Churchman, Race Leader (1963).[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Ronnick, Michele Valerie. "Lovinggood, Reuben Shannon". Database of Classical Scholars, Rutgers University. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  2. ^ a b c Culp, Daniel Wallace (1902). Twentieth Century Negro Literature: Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro. J.L. Nichols & Company. pp. 44–46. ISBN 978-0-598-62112-2.
  3. ^ The Christian Educator: A Quarterly Magazine of Facts. Board of Education for Negroes of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 1917. p. 1.
  4. ^ Brawley, James P. (1977). The Clark College Legacy: An Interpretive History of Relevant Education, 1869-1975. Clark College. p. 260.
  5. ^ Barr, Alwyn (2004). The African Texans. Texas A&M University Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-60344-625-9.
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