James Shannon (academic)

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James Shannon (1799–1859) was an Irish American academic, evangelist and second President of the University of Missouri{{cite web | url=http://muarchives.missouri.edu/c-rg1-s1.html | title=biographical note | work=University of Missouri archives | accessdate=2008-01-19}} He was born in Monaghan County, Ireland and educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.{{cite web|url=http://www.therestorationmovement.com/shannon.htm |title=Biographical Sketch On The Life of James Shannon |work=The Restoration Movement |accessdate=2008-01-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221234810/http://www.therestorationmovement.com/shannon.htm |archivedate=2007-12-21 }} Shannon was also a co-founder of Columbia College and the first president of Culver-Stockton College. He is buried at the Columbia Cemetery in Columbia, Missouri.

Shannon is the author of the 1855 pro-slavery pamphlet [https://archive.org/details/addressdelivered00lcshan/page/n3/mode/2up An address delivered before the Pro-slavery convention of the state of Missouri, held in Lexington, July 13, 1855, on domestic slavery, as examined in the light of Scripture, of natural rights, of civil government, and the constitutional power of Congress].