C.E. Byrd
| Clifton Ellis Byrd, Sr. | |
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C. E. Byrd (c. 1907)
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| 5th President of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana | |
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In office 1906–1907 |
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| Preceded by | W. E. Taylor |
| Succeeded by | John Keeny |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 14, 1859 Bath County, Virginia, USA |
| Died | February 26, 1926 (aged 66) Shreveport, Caddo Parish Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Martha Matilda Lockhart "Mattie" McFe Byrd |
| Children |
Mary Byrd |
| Parents | John Thomas and Sarah Rebecca McClintic Byrd |
| Residence |
(1) Front Royal, Warren County |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia at Charlottesville |
| Occupation | Educator |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Martha Matilda Lockhart "Mattie" McFe Byrd
Mary Byrd
(1) Front Royal, Warren County
Virginia
(2) Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
(3) Ruston, Lincoln Parish
Louisiana
Clifton Ellis Byrd, Sr. (December 14, 1859 – February 26, 1926), was a prominent educator in the U.S. state of Louisiana during the first quarter of the 20th century. The nationally recognized C.E. Byrd High School (founded 1925) in Shreveport, the alma mater of many of that city's civic and political leaders, bears his name. C.E. Byrd is Shreveport's oldest public high school.
Byrd was born to John Thomas Byrd and the former Sarah Rebecca McClintic in Bath County in western Virginia. He was unrelated to the Virginia Byrd family dynasty. He attended local schools, then since defunct Augusta Military Academy near Staunton, and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville from 1882 to 1883. He taught school in Front Royal in Warren County in northern Virginia from 1883 to 1889, when he accepted a principalship in Monroe in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana.
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