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F.A.S. M.A. Robert E. (Robert Edward) Anderson
A concise early-20th-century popular historian, he wrote lively introductions to ancient cultures for general readers. His best-known books explore the rise and fall of long-vanished civilizations in both the East and the Americas.
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The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West
by F.A.S. M.A. Robert E. (Robert Edward) Anderson
About the author
Little biographical information about this author was easy to confirm, but the published record shows him as Robert E. Anderson, M.A., F.A.S., a writer of accessible history and archaeology. His surviving works present big subjects in a clear, readable way for non-specialist readers.
He is known for The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the East and The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West, books published in the early 1900s. In these volumes, he surveys ancient societies, their monuments, beliefs, and discoveries, aiming to make scholarship approachable and engaging.
A Wikisource author page also notes that he contributed articles to the Dictionary of National Biography. No suitable confirmed portrait image was found during this search, so none is included here.