Harcourt Morgan

John Harcourt Alexander Morgan was a CanadianAmerican entomologist, educator, and agricultural expert, who served as president of the University of Tennessee from 1919 until 1934. In 1933, he was appointed to the inaugural board of the Tennessee Valley Authority, with which he remained until 1948, including three years as chairman. In both capacities, he promoted a philosophy known as the common mooring, which stressed a harmonious relationship between man and the environment, and consistently worked to introduce more efficient and less destructive farming techniques in the Tennessee Valley.

Morgan was born in 1887 and raised by his parents Rebecca and John Morgan on a farm near Kerwood in Adelaide Township, Ontario. He attended the University of Torontos Ontario Agricultural College, earning his Bachelor of Science in 1889. He briefly attended Cornell University and conducted research at the Marine Biological Laboratory before accepting a position as professor of entomology at Louisiana State University.

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