Riggs, Stephen Return, 1812-1883
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Name (Latin)
Riggs, Stephen Return, 1812-1883
Other forms of name
Riggs, S. R. (Stephen Return), 1812-1883
Date of birth
1812-03-23
Date of death
1883-08-24
Associated country
United States
Occupation
Missionaries
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Language
English
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- His Rev. T.S. Williamson, M.D., 1879(Stephen R. Riggs)
- His Dakota ABC wowapi, 1867:t.p. (S.R. Riggs)
- His A Dakota-English dictionary, 1890:t.p. (Stephen Return Riggs)
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Stephen Return Riggs (American clergyman)
Stephen R. Riggs, author. W. G. Holmes (Chicago, IL), publisher., Public domain
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Stephen R. Riggs, author. W. G. Holmes (Chicago, IL), publisher., Public domain
Wikipedia description:
Stephen Return Riggs (March 23, 1812 – August 24, 1883) was a Christian missionary and linguist who lived and worked among the Dakota people. Riggs was born in Steubenville, Ohio. His career among the Dakota began in 1837 at Lac qui Parle in what is now Minnesota, where there was a mission. He worked among the Dakota Sioux for the remainder of his life, producing a grammar and dictionary and a translation of the New Testament In his autobiography Mary and I, or Forty Years with the Sioux, Riggs describes his life. In 1862, he served as interpreter at the trials of the Sioux Uprising. He died in Beloit, Wisconsin.
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