Herbert Harnell Wright (1848 - 1916) was an educator in the United States. He served as dean and acting president of

Fisk University Fisk University is a Private university, private Historically black colleges and universities, historically black Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in 1866 and its campus i ...

. He graduated from Oberlin. He served as dean of Fisk Freed Colored School which became

. He was a professor at the university. He wrote about "Jubilee Songs at Chapel Exercises". He was an advocate of Christian values and was a leader of the White Cross League which advocated sexual purity. He was a director of Mercy Hospital in Nashville. He advertised a house for sale by the school.

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