Reuben Shannon Lovinggood
Reuben Shannon Lovinggood (May 2, 1864 – December 17, 1916), was an American newspaper editor, classical scholar, educator, and college president. He served as the third president of Samuel Huston College (now known as Huston-Tillotson University) from 1900 to 1916. He was the editor and partial owner of the Atlanta Times newspaper from 1890 to 1892. Lovinggood was a professor of Latin and Greek courses from 1895 until 1900 at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas. He was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 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 Educator, Churchman, Race Leader (1963). See also 
 List of presidents of Huston–Tillotson University

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1864 births
1916 deaths
People from Walhalla, South Carolina
20th-century African-American academics
20th-century American academics
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Burials at Oakwood Cemetery (Austin, Texas)
19th-century African-American academics
19th-century American academics
Presidents of Huston–Tillotson University
American newspaper editors
African-American journalists