David Briggs was born on 7 November 1917 in Norwich, England, UK. He was married to Mary Lormer. He died on 16 March 2020 in Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
Educator & headmaster of King's College School, Cambridge, son of hymn writer G. W. Briggs, and father of professor Andrew Briggs & novelist, writer, broadcaster & former actress Anne Atkins.