William Preston Johnston was a lawyer, scholar, poet, and Confederate soldier. He was the son and biographer of Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston. He was a president of Louisiana State University and the first president of Tulane University from 1884 in the same year that the school was renamed from the University of Louisiana.
- Occupation
- poet
- Position held
- board member
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 5, 1831
- Died
- July 16, 1899
