Tiberius G. Jones

Tiberius Gracchus Jones (July 21, 1821 - June 27, 1895) was president of Richmond College (now the University of Richmond) from 1866 to 1869. [http://urhistory.richmond.edu/people/Jones.html History of the University of Richmond: People: Rev. Tiberius Gracchus Jones] ]

Education

Jones studied at the University of Virginia from 1842-1844 before completing his studies in 1845 at the College of William and Mary, where he was valedictorian of his graduating class.

Professional life

Beginning in 1850, Jones served as the first minister of Freemason Street Baptist Church in Norfolk, Virginia, [http://www.norfolkhistorical.org/highlights/41.html Early Norfolk Baptist Highlights - Norfolk Highlights - Chapter 41] ] a position to which he briefly returned upon resigning from the presidency of Richmond College in 1869.

References

External links

* [http://urhistory.richmond.edu/people/Jones.html History of the University of Richmond: People: Rev. Tiberius Gracchus Jones]