Richard Claverhouse Jebb
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born
August 27, 1841
in Dundee, Scotland, The United Kingdom
died
August 09, 1905
gender
male
About this author
Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb, OM was a British classical scholar and politician.
His father was a well-known barrister, and his grandfather a judge. His sister was the social reformer Eglantyne Louisa Jebb, founder of the Home Arts and Industries Association; his niece, Eglantyne's daughter Eglantyne Jebb, co-founded the Save the Children Fund and wrote the Declaration of the Rights of the Child.