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Henry Lefavour
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Henry Lefavour

Salem, Massachusetts, 1862 - 1946, Boston
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Chairman Trustees Boston State Hospital

Henry LEFAVOUR, Chairman Trustees Boston State Hospital. Member of (F.) American Academy, of Arts and Sciences; Colonial Society of Massachusetts; Mass History Society; N.E. Historic Genealogical Society Clubs: University (New York and Boston), St. Botolph, Union.
Background
LEFAVOUR, Henry was born on September 4, 1862 in Salem, Massachusetts, United States.

Education
Williams College, Bachelor of Arts 1883, Doctor of Philosophy 1886, Doctor of Laws, 1902. Tufts, Doctor of Laws, 1905. TJ. of Berlin. 1888-1890.

Career
Professor Physics, 1888-1902, Dean, 1897-1902, Williams College. President Simmons College, since 1902. Trustee Williams College, since 1903.

Chairman Massachusetts Minimum Wall Commission, 1911-1912. Trustee, Boston Eastern State Hospital since. 1908, Chairman since 1914.

Author of Physics Lecture Notes.

Membership
Member of (F.) American Academy, of Arts and Sciences. Colonial Society of Massachusetts. Mass History Society.

N.E. Historic Genealogical Society Clubs: University (New York and Boston), St. Botolph, Union.

Connections
Spouse Anna Burgess, October 17, 1917, Cleveland, Ohio.

https://prabook.com/web/henry.lefavour/935271 I.S. 12/26/2017
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