Clifton Ellis Byrd (December 14, 1859 - February 26, 1926) was among the most prominent educators in Louisiana in the first quarter of the twentieth century. The nationally recognized C.E. Byrd High School (founded 1925) in Shreveport, the "alma mater" of many of that city's civic and political leaders, bears his name. C.E. Byrd is Shreveport's oldest public high school. Byrd was born in Bath County, Virginia (near the West Virginia state line), … Wikipedia
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