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  1. Dec 22, 2019 · James Billington Senior was born in Preston in 1847 as Britain began to enter the epoch of its industrial revolution. He was born to Mary and James Billington who were also Preston natives.

  2. James Hadley Billington (June 1, 1929 – November 20, 2018) ... Billington was the most senior U.S. government official to openly visit Iran in 25 years. [38]

  3. Nov 30, 2018 · Great leaders were served by staff; senior staff were served by junior staff. Billington had an elite pedigree: ancestors who arrived on the Mayflower, a student at Princeton, a professor at Harvard, and a Rhodes Scholar.

  4. Jun 10, 2015 · June 10, 2015. WASHINGTON — James H. Billington, a leading Russia scholar in 1987 when President Ronald Reagan nominated him to be the 13th librarian of Congress, will step down from his post...

  5. James Billington served as the Librarian of Congress in Washington, D.C., from 1987 to 2015. He earned his doctorate from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College, and is a former professor of history at Harvard and Princeton universities.

  6. Nov 21, 2018 · James H. Billington, the librarian of Congress for nearly three decades, who led the nation’s treasure house of knowledge into the digital age and added millions of books, films and cultural...

  7. The Library recently celebrated its accomplishments under the leadership of James H. Billington, who was sworn in as the 13th Librarian of Congress on Sept. 14, 1987.

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