Andrew Armstrong Kincannon

Andrew Armstrong Kincannon was the Chancellor of the University of Mississippi from 1907 to 1914.[1][2]

Biography

He was born in Noxubee County, Mississippi in 1859.[1] In 1884, he graduated from the National Normal University of Ohio.[1] He taught at Mississippi A&M College, now known as Mississippi State University, and was superintendent of the new public school system in Meridian, Mississippi.[1] He was also President of the Industrial Institute and College, now known as Mississippi University for Women.[1] From 1907 to 1914, he served as Chancellor of the University of Mississippi.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Ole Miss biography
  2. ^ David G. Sansing, The University of Mississippi: A Sesquicentennial History, Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 1999, p. 183 [1]