Arthur Gray Staples

Background

Staples, Arthur Gray was born on July 4, 1861 in Bowdoinham, Maine, United States. Son of Anthony and Mary Gray (Blake) Staples.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Bowdoin College, 1882, honorary Master of Arts, Bowdoin, 1919, Doctor of Letters, 1923. Doctor of Laws, Bates, 1921.

Career

Gray (Mistress Ralph Churchill Harvey). City editor Bath Daily Times, 1882. City editor, 1883-1893, managing editor, 1893-1919, editor-in-chief, since 1919, Lewiston Journal.

Director and treasurer Lewiston Journal Company.

Achievements

• Arthur Gray Staples has been listed as a noteworthy editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Maine (State) Development Commission, 1937-1940. Clubs, Cincinnati, 1908. York and Scottish Rite.

Member Alumni Council Bowdoin College, 1917-1918, now.

Connections

Married Jane Lambert Dingley, October 21, 1895.

Father:

Anthony Staples

Mother:

Mary Gray (Blake) Staples

Spouse:

Jane Lambert Dingley