John James Tigert III

John James Tigert III (November 25, 1856 – November 21, 1906) was an American clergyman, editor and academic. He was a professor of Moral Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, and a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Early life Tigert was born on November 25, 1856, in Louisville, Kentucky.

Tigert graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1877.

Tigert was the author of several books.

Personal life and death Tigert married Amelia McTyeire, the daughter of Methodist Bishop and Vanderbilt University co-founder Holland N. McTyeire, on August 28, 1878. They had a son, John J. Tigert, who served as the United States Commissioner of Education from 1921 to 1928, and the third president of the University of Florida, from 1928 to 1947. They resided in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

Tigert fell ill after a chicken bone got stuck in his throat on November 14, 1906. He died on November 21, 1906, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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