1810 - 1901
Elias Riggs American Linguist
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| First Name |
Elias
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| Last Name |
Riggs
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1809
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| Birthplace |
New Providence, New Jersey
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| Died |
1901
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Linguist
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Elias Riggs (November 19, 1810 – January 17, 1901) was an American Presbyterian missionary and linguist born in New Providence, New Jersey. During his missionary activities in the Ottoman Empire he contributed greatly to the Bulgarian National Revival. He organized with Albert Long the first translation (by Neofit Rilski), and worked on editing, printing and dissemination of a translation of the Bible into modern Bulgarian. In 1844 he published the first Grammar of the modern Bulgarian language. Riggs did research on Chaldee Language, and also guided the translation of the Bible into modern Armenian language.
