Robert
Alexander
Briggs
Born in Newington, Southwark, London, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Broughton Briggs
and Catherine Mann
Brother of
Kate Florence Briggs, Emily Briggs, Elizabeth Briggs, Ada Maud Briggs and Francis William Briggs
Husband of
Kathleen Rosa Westrope
— married
1 Jan 1892 in Durham, England
Father of
Winifred Norah Briggs
Died
at age 95
in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Mar 2009
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Robert Briggs received a patent in England for the Briggs Panic Bolt in 1891. Its formal name was 'Improvement in Bolts and Fastenings for Doors of Theatres and other Public Buildings'. The New Empire Theatre was the first to install the Briggs Panic Bolts in 1892. With a fire in that theatre in 1911, thousands of theatre guests managed to escape uninjured.
Sources
- Lovell, Patricia. "Robert Alexander Briggs and the invention of the Panic Bolt." Arthur Lloyd.co.uk, Backstage Articles, 2018. http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/RobertBriggsPanicBolts.htm
- "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB86-6Q9 : 8 December 2017), Robert Broughton Briggs, 1871.
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