"Jesse, Richard Henry"@en . . "1921-01-21Z"^^ . "President of University of Missouri" . "1853-05-01Z"^^ . . "Richard Henry Jesse (May 1, 1853 \u2013 January 21, 1921) was an American educator and the eighth president of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. He was born in Lancaster County, Virginia 1853 and attended the University of Virginia. He went on to teach at the University of Louisiana and Tulane University before assuming the presidency 1891. He retired in 1908. Jesse Hall on the David R."@en . "1921Z"^^ . "1853Z"^^ .