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'''Arthur Stanley Riggs''' (1879 – November 8, 1952) was an American writer, editor and historian, noted for his biographies of [[Titian]] and [[Diego Velázquez|Velázquez]].

==Biography==
Riggs was born in [[New York City]] in 1879. In 1896, he took his first job as a clerk for [[Standard Oil|Standard Oil Company]] in New York. In 1898, Riggs served with the [[Auxiliary ship|Naval Auxiliary Force]] in the [[Spanish–American War]]. In 1900, Riggs worked for the New York newspapers the ''[[Commercial Advertiser]]'', ''[[New York Evening Mail|The Mail and Express]]'' and ''[[The New York Times]]''.

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 [[Office of Censorship]] during [[World War II]]

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

==Legacy==
The [[Liberty Ship]] [[SS Arthur Riggs|SS ''Arthur Riggs'']] was named for him.

==Works==
*''The Filipino Drama'' (1905)
*''France from Sea to Sea''. [[New York City]]: [[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''. [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]]: [[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.

==See also==
*[[List of Liberty ships: A-F]]

==References==
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*[https://www.nytimes.com/1952/11/09/archives/arthur-s-riggs-75-historian-is-dead-exdirector-of-archaeological.html "Arthur S. Riggs, 75, Historian, Is Dead], ''The New York Times'', November 9, 1952.
*[http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Arthur+Stanley+Riggs&bi=0&bx=off&ds=30&fe=on&sortby=2&sts=t&x=94&y=6 "Search of Abebooks.com on 25 August 2008]

==External links==
* {{Gutenberg author | id=40586| name=Arthur Stanley Riggs}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Arthur Stanley Riggs |sopt=t}}
* [https://openlibrary.org/search?q=Riggs%2C+Arthur+Stanley Riggs, Arthur Stanley] at the [[Open Content Alliance]]'s Open Library

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[[Category:Writers from New York City]]


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