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'''Arthur George Frederick Griffiths''' (9 December 1838&nbsp;– 24 March 1908) was a British military officer, prison administrator and author who published more than 60 books during his lifetime. He was also a [[military historian]] who wrote extensively about the wars of the 19th century, and was for a time military correspondent for ''[[The Times]]'' newspaper.{{r|ODNB}}<br />
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==Upbringing and career==<br />
Griffiths was born on 9 December 1838, at [[Poona, India]], the second son of Lieut.-colonel John Griffiths of the [[Royal Warwickshire Regiment|6th Royal Warwickshire regiment]]. After graduating from [[King William's College]] on the [[Isle of Man]], Arthur Griffiths joined the [[British Army]] as an ensign in the [[63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot|63rd Regiment of Foot]] on 13 February 1855.<br />
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Serving in the [[Crimean War]], Griffiths participated in the [[Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55)|siege of Sevastopol]]. He also fought during the capture of Kinbum, receiving the British [[Crimea medal]].<br />
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His later accounts of crime and punishment in England were "sensational and grotesque", designed to appeal to the baser fascinations of his [[Victorian era|Victorian]] readers. Their success led him to write some 60 books, many of them mystery crime novels, such as ''A Son of Mars'' (1880) and ''Fast and Loose'' (1885).{{r|ODNB}}<ref>''XIX Century Fiction'', Part I, A–K (Jarndyce, Bloomsbury, 2019).</ref><br />
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