Background
Riggs, Edward was born on June 30, 1844 in Smyrna, Turkey. Son of Elias (Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Laws) and Martha Jane (Dalzell) R.
Riggs, Edward was born on June 30, 1844 in Smyrna, Turkey. Son of Elias (Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Laws) and Martha Jane (Dalzell) R.
Brother of James Forsyth R. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1865, Master of Arts, 1868. Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1867-1869.
(Doctor of Divinity, Princeton, 1901).
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1869. Missionary of American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (Congressional), since 1869. At Sivas, Turkey, 1869-1876, at Marsovan, since 1876.
Teacher Anatolia College, since 1886.
President Marsovan Theological Seminary, since 1901. Wrote article on “Christian Forces in the Turkish Empire,” in West. Doctorate. Grant’s Christendom, 1902.
Married Sarah H. Dwight, May 29, 1869.