Background
Briggs, Herbert Whittaker was born on May 14, 1900 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Frederic Foyé and Eleanore Ashton (Lewis) Briggs.
Briggs, Herbert Whittaker was born on May 14, 1900 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Frederic Foyé and Eleanore Ashton (Lewis) Briggs.
AB, West Virginia University, 1921; Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1925; postgraduate, Academy International Law, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1925-1927, 29.
Instructor political science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1925-1926;
C.R.B. fellow in international law,, Brussels, 1926-1927;
research staff, Foreign Policy Association, New York City, 1927-1928;
acting associate professor political science, Oberlin (Ohio) College, 1928-1929;
from assistant professor government to professor international law, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1929-1969;
Goldwin Smith professor international law emeritus, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1969-1990;
department chairman government, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1946-1951. Lecturer Academy International Law, 1958, 69, United States Naval War College, 1955, 56,58. Guest lecturer Turkish Institute International Law, U. Istanbul, U. Ankara, Turkish General Staff War Academy, 1947.
Fulbright lecturer U. Copenhagen Law Faculty, 1951, 53. Member International Law Commission, United Nations, 1962-1966. United States delegate Vienna Conference on Law of Treaties, 1968.
Of counsel to Honduras, Spain, Chile, Libya, and Canada before International Court Justice. Member Anglo-French Court Arbitration on Continental Shelf, 1975-1978.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member International Institute Law, American Society International Law (president 1959-1960, board editors American Journal International Law from 1939, editor-in-chief 1955-1962).
Married Virginia Elizabeth Yoder, December 22, 1977. Children: Sarah Ashton, Deborah Anne, Jeffrey Peter, Lucinda Moseley.