The Ven. William Harrison Rigg, DD, MA (1 November 1877 – 2 May 1966) was an AnglicanCornwall Council priestNational Archives and author.Amongst others he wrote "Devotional Commentary on the 1st and 2nd Book of Samuel", 1926; "Essays on the Atonement in History and in Life", 1929; "Essays on Authority and the Christian Faith", 1935; and "The Fourth Gospel and its Message For To-day", 1952; > British Library web site accessed 09:23 GMT Monday 27 August 2012 He was born into an ecclesiastical familyHis father, also called William Harrison Rigg, was ordained in the year of his son’s birth ORDINATIONS The Morning Post (London, England), Tuesday, 25 December 1877; pg. 6; Issue 32915. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II. on 1 November 1877 and educated at Harrow and Hertford College, Oxford. curacies at St Mary's, LewishamGeograph and St Alfege, Greenwich.Church web site 1 He held incumbencies at Christ Church Bermondsey,Southwark Anglican Christ Church GreenwichChurch Web site 2 and Beverley Minster, becoming a Canon of York in 1933.RIGG, Ven. William Harrison’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 27 August 2012 He was the Vicar of St Mary Magdalene's Church, LauncestonGenuki from 1936 to 1945; and Archdeacon of Bodmin from 1939Ecclesiastical News The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 8 Mar 1939; pg. 11; Issue 48248 to 1952.
He died at Tunbridge Wells on 2 May 1966.Obituary The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 4 May 1966; pg. 14; Issue 56622
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