Barnes, Clifford Webster (1864-1944)

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Jane Addams et al. to David Starr Jordan and Clifford G. Roe, January 31, 1913

Jane Addams et al. to Edward C. Brown, February 4, 1914

James Hayden Tufts to Jane Addams, May 1, 1917

Henry Crittenden Morris to Chicago Peace Society-- Executive Committee, October 11, 1921

List of Members of the Chicago Peace Society, November 1921

Mabel K. Stafford to Jane Addams, February 26, 1924

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Birth Date

1864-10-08

Death Date

1944-09-18

Birthplace

Corry, PA

Biographical Text

Clifford W. Barnes was a clergyman and social worker. He attended the University of California, Yale University, and the University of Chicago. After graduating, Barnes served as a pastor in New York and Chicago before becoming the first male resident worker at Hull-House. After a year he returned to preaching and then studied at Oxford University in England in 1898. Barnes then went to Paris, where he served as President of the American Art Association and preached to English-speaking students. After finishing Paris, Barnes returned to Chicago and became an instructor in sociology and director of university settlement work at the University of Chicago. He became president and professor of sociology at Illinois College. Barnes served in various leadership roles throughout his life, such as general secretary of the Religious Education Association of America, and vice president of the World Alliance for International Friendship. He was also the founder and first president of the Chicago Sunday Evening Club and the Committee of Fifteen.

Barnes married Alice Reid in 1898. They had two children, Alice and Lilian. Barnes died in 1944.

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Clergyman

Professor

Settlement house resident

Social worker

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Lichon, Sara Catherine

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Public domain

Gender

Male

First appears

1913

Bibliography and Links

"Clifford Webster Barnes," National Cyclopedia of American Biography.

"In Memoriam, Clifford W. Barnes, 1864-1944," Social Service Review, vol. 18, no. 4, 1944, p. 536.

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“Barnes, Clifford Webster (1864-1944),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed August 1, 2025, https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/5943.