Herbert Harnell Wright

Herbert Harnell Wright (1848 - 1916) was an educator in the United States.[1] He served as dean and acting president of Fisk University. He graduated from Oberlin.[2]

He served as dean of Fisk Freed Colored School which became Fisk University.[3] He was a professor at the university.[4]

He wrote about "Jubilee Songs at Chapel Exercises".[5] He was an advocate of Christian values and was a leader of the White Cross League which advocated sexual purity.[6] He was a director of Mercy Hospital in Nashville.[7]

He advertised a house for sale by the school.[8]

  1. ^ https://www.fisk.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/wright-herbertharnellcollection1908-1915.pdf
  2. ^ "Annual Report". November 17, 1920 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Fosler-Lussier, Danielle (June 10, 2020). Music on the Move. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472126781 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "The American Missionary". American Missionary Association. November 17, 1906 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Abbott, Lynn; Seroff, Doug (February 1, 2013). To Do This, You Must Know How: Music Pedagogy in the Black Gospel Quartet Tradition. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781496801623 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ The American Missionary. Volume 44, No. 04, April, 1890. Litres. January 18, 2021. ISBN 9785041649500 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Culp, Daniel Wallace (November 17, 1902). Twentieth Century Negro Literature: Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro. J.L. Nichols & Company. ISBN 9780598621122 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Inc, The Crisis Publishing Company (March 17, 1914). "The Crisis". The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)