Briggs, LeBaron Russell (1855-1934)

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Le Baron Russell Briggs to Jane Addams, October 3, 1911

Le Baron Russell Briggs to Jane Addams, October 9, 1911

Le Baron Russell Briggs to Jane Addams, January 25, 1912

LeBaron Russell Briggs to Jane Addams, November 5, 1912

Le Baron Russell Briggs to Jane Addams, November 11, 1912

Le Baron Russell Briggs to Jane Addams, October 21, 1913

Le Baron Russell Briggs, to Jane Addams, October 30, 1913

Le Baron Russell Briggs to Jane Addams, October 3, 1914

Le Baron Russell Briggs to Jane Addams, February 18, 1915

Jane Addams to Le Baron Russell Briggs, January 22, 1912

Jane Addams to Le Baron Russell Briggs, November 9, 1912

Jane Addams to Le Baron Russell Briggs, October 27, 1913

Jane Addams to Le Baron Russell Briggs, February 4, 1915

Jane Addams to Le Baron Russell Briggs, February 15, 1915

Jane Addams to Le Baron Russell Briggs, February 26, 1915

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Birth Date

1855-12-11

Death Date

1934-04-27

Birthplace

Salem, Massachusetts

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LeBaron Briggs grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts and attended Harvard College. After graduating, he held a tutoring position that lead him to a job as an English professor. Briggs' long working relationship with the institution eventually lead to the presidency of Radcliffe College, the all-female institution that was a sister school to Harvard. Briggs served as president from 1903 to 1923. Briggs died in 1934.

Briggs married former Radcliffe student Mary De Quedeville in September of 1883. The couple had three children together, all either Harvard or Radcliffe graduates.