. History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut . claims him as a native son. He was born in Terryville. June 19, 1881, a son of Rev. LeveretS. and Cornelia (Little) Griggs. • Alter attending the public school of Essex, Connecticut, Henry L. Griggs spent a year inthe New Haven high school and for a year was a student in the Hotclikiss school at Lake-ville, Connecticut. He afterward entered Yale and was graduated from the academicdepartment with the class of 1904. He then spent a summer in pursuing the scientific courseat Harvard and subsequently was made an instructor o5 mathemati
. History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut . claims him as a native son. He was born in Terryville. June 19, 1881, a son of Rev. LeveretS. and Cornelia (Little) Griggs. • Alter attending the public school of Essex, Connecticut, Henry L. Griggs spent a year inthe New Haven high school and for a year was a student in the Hotclikiss school at Lake-ville, Connecticut. He afterward entered Yale and was graduated from the academicdepartment with the class of 1904. He then spent a summer in pursuing the scientific courseat Harvard and subsequently was made an instructor o5 mathematics and physics in theHotchkiss school. On the 1st of October, 190G, he became connected with W. H. Bristol,beginning in Colorado the introduction of the pyrometer, a new recording instrument whichwas being put out by Mr. Bristol from his Now York office. He afterward traveled all overthe United States introducing tliat instrument, which was the first practical electricalpyrometer for shop use, used in measuring and recording temperatures above one thousand. WATERBUKY AND THE NAUGATUCK VALLEY 485 degrees Fahrenheit in the industries. For two years ]\Ir. Griggs was thus engaged. InJuly, 1908, this business vvas combined v/ith that of The Bristol Company at Waterbury andMr Griggs was called to this city as sales manager for The Bristol Company. He is nowin charge of the sales, the advertising, the order work and the shipping. Mr. Griggs exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of therepublican party. He is a member of the Congregational church and the social side of hisnature has found expression in his membership in the Fifteen Club, the Rotary, the Water-bury and the Waterbury Country Clubs and the Yale Club of New York. His stronglymarked characteristics are such as win for him warm friendsliip and regard, while the de-velopment of his business powers lias given Iiim prominent place in the manufacturingcircles of Waterbury. CARL G. OLSON. Carl G. Ol
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