Lillian Massey Treble
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| Born | Lillian Frances Massey March 2, 1854 |
| Died | November 3, 1915 (aged 61) |
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Lillian Massey Treble (née Lillian Frances Massey; 2 March 1854 – 3 November 1915) was a Canadian philanthropist and educator who was a member of the prominent Massey family.[1]
Biography[]
Her parents were Hart Massey, an industrialist, and Eliza Ann Phelps. She became interested in mission work and organized classes in domestic science, which led to her founding the Lillian Massey School of Household Science and Art.
Similar results were secured at the University of Toronto and other universities. She gave the University of Toronto the Lillian Massey Building, which was opened in 1913.
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References[]
- David Roberts (2000). "Massey, Lillian Frances (Treble)". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). . Encyclopedia Americana.
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