Biographie
He was the son of Thomas L. Briggs and Mary Irving. he was a nehew of Captain John Irving of New Westminster.
He attended school in the United States in a military school. Afterwards he worked on steamers on the Fraser River becoming a purser. Afterwards he joined R.P. Rithet & Co. in Victoria as an office boy.
In 1910 he joined Alfred Harvey in establishing Harvey & Briggs.
Références
Howay, F.W. (1914)