Arthur Stanley Riggs (1879 – November 8, 1952) was an American writer, editor and historian, noted for his biographies of

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and Velázquez.

Biography

Riggs was born in

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in 1879. In 1896, he took his first job as a clerk for

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in New York. In 1898, Riggs served with the Naval Auxiliary Force in the

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. In 1900, Riggs worked for the New York newspapers the ''

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'', '' The Mail and Express'' and ''

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''. In 1901, he married Elisabeth Adams Corey (died December 25, 1944). He served as the director of the Archaeological Society of Washington from 1925 to 1935 and was editor of the society's magazine ''Art and Archaeology'', and he served as librarian in the

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during

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Riggs died in Washington, D.C., on November 8, 1952.

Legacy

The

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SS ''Arthur Riggs'' was named for him.

Works

*''The Filipino Drama'' (1905) *''France from Sea to Sea''.

: McBride, Nast & Company, May 1913. *''Vistas in Sicily''. New York: McBride, Nast & Company, 1914., revised edition 1925. *''With Three Armies on and Behind the Western Front''.

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: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1918. *''The Spanish Pageant''. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1928. *''The Romance of Human Progress''. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1938. *''Titian the Magnificent''. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1946. *''Velasquez: Painter of Truth and Prisoner of the King''. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1947.

References

"Arthur S. Riggs, 75, Historian, Is Dead
''The New York Times'', November 9, 1952.
"Search of Abebooks.com on 25 August 2008

External links

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at the

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