1849 - 1917
John Houston Burrus American Activist
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| Birthday |
22nd February, 1849
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| Birthplace |
Rutherford County, Tennessee, U.S.
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| Died |
27th March, 1917
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| Place of Death |
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
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| Zodiac Sign |
Pisces
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
educator
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| Occupation |
Activist
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John Houston Burrus (February 22, 1849 – March 27, 1917) was an educator in Nashville, Tennessee and Lorman, Mississippi. He was a member of the first class of students at Fisk University in Nashville and when that class graduated became among the first group of African-Americans to graduate from a liberal arts college south of the Mason–Dixon line. He was a professor of mathematics at Fisk and in 1883 became the second president of Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College, a position he held until 1893.
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