LeBaron Russell Briggs
LeBaron Russell Briggs (born December 11, 1855 in Salem , Massachusetts , † April 24, 1934 ) was an American philologist and literary scholar at Harvard University .
Briggs taught creative writing and was known for his first-year course (with Barrett Wendell ) in English literature . He also made a contribution to university sports.
Briggs obtained a bachelor's degree in 1875 and - after long trips to Europe - a master's degree in 1882 , both at Harvard University . First he worked as a lecturer in Greek at Harvard. In 1885, after a further study visit to England, he received a first professorship at Harvard, in 1890 a full professorship for English, in 1904 for rhetoric and free speech . From 1891 and until 1902 he was the successor of Clement L. Smith, Dean of Harvard University and from 1903 to 1923 as successor to Elizabeth Cary Agassiz President of Radcliffe College .
In 1908 Briggs was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1900 he received an honorary doctorate from Harvard University, and in 1906 from Western Reserve University .
Since 1883 Briggs was married to Mary F. Quedville.
Fonts (selection)
- School, College, and Character (1901)
- Routine and Ideals (1904)
- Girls and Education (1911)
- Men, Women, and Colleges (1925)
literature
- Briggs, Le Baron Russell . In: The National cyclopaedia of American biography . 1898.
- Briggs, Le Baron Russell . In: Who's Who in America . 1908.
- Robert Schwartz: Briggs, LeBaron Russell . In: American National Biography . doi : 10.1093 / anb / 9780198606697.article.0900114 .
- Briggs, Le Baron Russell. In: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05. ( Memento from February 16, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter B. (PDF; 1.2 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved October 15, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Briggs, LeBaron Russell |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Russell Briggs, Le Baron |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American philologist and literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salem , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 1934 |