Britton, James A. (1876-1956)

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Hull-House

Hull-House Year Book 1906-1907

Kate Crane-Gartz to Jane Addams, January 23, 1911

Jane Addams to Stanley Ross Linn, August 11, 1918

Stella Miles Franklin to Jane Addams, August 6, 1922

List of Hull-House contributors to the Barnett Memorial Fellowship, March 1925

Jane Addams to Ida Campbell Mott-Smith Lovett, October 12, 1929

James A. Britton to Lou Eva Walker Longan, August 23, 1919

Lawrason Brown to James A. Britton, ca. October 12, 1929

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Birth Date

1876-10-28

Death Date

1956-01-07

Birthplace

Iowa

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James Britton was a Hull-House resident and worker. Britton was Hull-House's physician; he worked with the area's tuberculosis patients. He was also the supervisor of boy's athletics. Britton worked as the medical director of the International Harvester Company and House Physician of the Juvenile Court.

Britton married Gertrude Howe Britton in 1904. They had one child named James. Britton died in 1956.