{"key": "/authors/OL4634680A", "death_date": "1810", "name": "John Griffiths (dancing master)", "title": "dancing master.", "personal_name": "Griffiths, John", "links": [{"title": "Bibliography of early American social dance", "url": "https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/DFIA/DancBibl.htm", "type": {"key": "/type/link"}}, {"title": "Itinerary of travel", "url": "https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=umpress_short_time_only", "type": {"key": "/type/link"}}], "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "18th century dancing master. Dancing masters advertised classes; boarding school mistresses noted that drawing, embroidery, and dancing were part of their curriculum; and musical instruments and equipment like strings, bridges, and bows were offered for sale."}, "birth_date": "1783", "remote_ids": {"viaf": "3905100"}, "alternate_names": ["John Griffiths", "Griffiths, John dancing master", "Read, John dancing-master."], "latest_revision": 4, "revision": 4, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-09-13T09:05:32.396077"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2024-02-01T18:42:39.586616"}}