Pinckney Warren Russell

Pinckney Warren Russell (April 25, 1864–September 24, 1941) was an American classics scholar, Presbyterian pastor, and educator. He was a department chair and taught Greek at Biddle University (now Johnson C. Smith University) in Charlotte, North Carolina, and was an early African American Classicist in North Carolina.

Early life and education Pinckney Warren Russell was born on April 25, 1864, in Newberry County, South Carolina, to parents Rachel (née Williams) and Madison Russell. His parents died young and he worked at a cotton factory at Pelzer, South Carolina.

Russell and Hattie E. Field married on December 19, 1894.

Death He died on September 24, 1941, in Charlotte, North Carolina. In April 1953, Johnson C. Smith University held a special memorial event at Biddle Memorial Chapel for seven deceased faculty, which included Russell.