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Variants
- Johnston, Wm. Preston (William Preston)
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1831-01-05
Death Date
- 1899-07-16
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation End: 1852
- Organization: Yale University
Has Affiliation
- Organization: University of Louisville
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1867
- Organization: Washington and Lee University
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1880
- Affiliation End: 1884
- Organization: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1882
- Affiliation End: 1884
- Organization: University of Louisiana
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1884
- Affiliation End: 1899-07-16
- Organization: Tulane University
Birth Place
- Louisville (Ky.)
Associated Language
- English
Occupation
(lcsh) Attorneys
(lcsh) Confederate States of America. Officers
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: nuc86-3503: His Edward Harris and his ancestors ... [MI] 1899(hdg. on NN rept.: Johnston, William Preston)
- found: Cooper, J. William Preston Johnston [MI], 1899.
- found: NUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for McCabe, W. Papers, 1757-1920(Johnston, William Preston, 1831-1899)
- found: WWWA,v. 1, 1897-1942 (Johnston, William Preston; pres. of Tulane Univ.)
- found: Commencement address, 1898?:t.p. (President Wm. Preston Johnson, LL. D.)
- found: Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992:page 478 ("William Preston Johnston", lawyer and writer, born on January 5, 1831 in Louisville, Ky. Attended the academy of S. V. Womack in Shelbyville. Graduated from Yale in 1852 and studied law at the University of Louisville. Opened practice in 1853 in Louisville. At the outbreak of the Civil War Johnston joined the Confederate Army and was made a major, then a lieutenant colonel. After the war ended, he lived in Canada for a year, then returned to his Louisville law practice. In 1867 he became chairman of the department of history and English literature at Washington University in Lexington, Virginia. Then made president of Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge in 1880 then in 1882, president of the University of Louisiana in New Orleans, renamed Tulane University in 1884. He served as president of Tulane until his death in 1899. Wrote a biography of his father as well as books of poetry. Died on July 16, 1899.)
- found: Find a Grave website, viewed August 11, 2020(William Preston Johnson; died in Lexington, Va.)
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Change Notes
- 1986-01-15: new
- 2020-08-13: revised
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