Cambridge High and Latin School

Richard Alexander Essex “Dick”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Richard Alexander Essex (“Dick”) among 483 graduates in the class of 1930. The entry gives: headed for Northeastern University; activities listed: Chess Team; lived at 9 Ninth Street. Portrait and entry from the 1930 yearbook, page 48.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 1 more named Essex

Full name: Richard Alexander Essex
Known as: Dick
Lived at: 9 Ninth Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Thorndike Grammar School
Headed for: Northeastern University

Also searched as: Dick Essex; Richard Essex; Richard A. Essex; Rick Essex.

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Neighbours 17
Classmates 482
Same schools 30

In context

This site lists 483 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930; sorted by surname, Richard comes 136th. Richard is printed on page 48 of the scan, in the first third of the 21-to-118 run of portrait pages. 7 other graduates came from Thorndike Grammar School, the school Richard is listed as coming from. The yearbook puts 5 people from the class on Ninth Street, Richard among them. Among first names, the class of 1930 favours Mary (30), Anna (14) and John (14); the class of 1929 had Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15).

On the same scan page	Richard Prescott Elms, Roy Herbert Erickson, James Falese, Raymond Favreau
Same street	Ninth Street: 4 other classmates
Same earlier school	Thorndike Grammar School: 7 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 206 of 430 classmates with a plan (48%)
Same first name	Richard: 4 other people in the class

What Richard did at school

Chairman Room Committee, 1927-28
Chess Team
Swimming, 1927
Cross Country, 1927
Checkers, 1929

What the yearbook said

DICK? “He may look like a ladies’ man, but he is not

He may look like a ladies' man, but he is not

Also grew up on Ninth Street

The class of 1930

All 483 in this class →

Also came from Thorndike Grammar School

Also headed for Northeastern University

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 48. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1930unse).

Published 1930, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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