Alain LeRoy Locke  (1886 – 1954)

     
The great- great grandson of Annaminta Daffin and great- grandson of Harriet Daffin (of Maryland) and Charles Shorter, Alain LeRoy Locke, after graduating High School, entered Harvard University and completed his 4 year degree in 3 years! He was named a Rhodes Scholar in 1907 and he studied at Oxford University from 1907 to 1910, Hertford College,  and the University of Berlin from 1910 to 1911. He received the Ph.D. degree in 1918 from Harvard in Philosophy. His teaching career started at Howard University in 1912 and lasted 41 years



Unknown Daffin
& Annaminta Unknown1,2 (ca 1765 - )
  b. ca 1765, Washington, D.C.1
      Harriet Daffin3 (ca 1792 - )
        b. ca 1792, Maryland4
      & Charles Shorter3
            Sarah Shorter2 (ca 1822 - )
              b. ca 1822, Maryland4
            & William Hawkins5,2 (ca 1820 - )
              b. ca 1820, Maryland4
                  Mary J. Hawkins6,3 (ca 1850 - )
                    b. ca 1850, Pennsylvania7,4
                  & Pliny Ishmael Locke6,3
                    m. aft 18707
                        Alain Leroy Locke (13 Sep 1886 - 9 Jun 1954)
                          b. 13 Sep 1886, Philadelphia, Pa.6,8
                          d. 9 Jun 1954, Washington, D.C.8
Sources

1. 1850 U.S. Federal Census
2. This is my own assumption from the 1850 census.
3. African Methodist Episcopal Church Review, Vol. 24, Num. 1 Author:    Wm.   C.   Bolivar
Item Date:  07/1907
Item Location:  National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
Call Number:  Archives
   Vol.:   24  No.:   01  Page:   14
Medium:  Serial Publication
No. of Pages:  6
# Subject Headings:    African American intellectuals
4. 1860 U. S. Federal Census
5. African Methodist Episcopal Church Review, Vol. 24, Num. 1 Author:    Wm.   C.   Bolivar
Item Date:  07/1907
Item Location:  National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
Call Number:  Archives
   Vol.:   24  No.:   01  Page:   14
Medium:  Serial Publication
No. of Pages:  6
# Subject Headings:    African American intellectuals Author:    Wm.   C.   Bolivar.
6. http://www.founders.howard.edu/Locke.htm
7. 1870 U.S. Federal Census
8. Philosphy of Alain Locke; author Alain LeRoy Locke, Leonard Harris



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Philosphy of Alain Locke


African Methodist Episcopal Church Review, Vol. 24, Num. 1    
Item Title:      Alain LeRoy Locke
Author:       Wm.   C.   Bolivar
Item Date:     07/1907
Item Location:     National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
Call Number:     Archives
      Vol.:   24     No.:   01     Page:   14
Medium:     Serial Publication
No. of Pages:     6
# Subject Headings:       African American intellectuals


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