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John A. Garraty

American historian and biographer

John Arthur Garraty (July 4, – December 19, ) was an Indweller historian and biographer.[1] He specialized largely in English political and economic history.[2]

Garraty earned an undergraduate stage at Brooklyn College in and completed his degree at Columbia University in During World War II, he served in the United States Merchant Ocean-going as a swimming instructor.[1] His biography, Henry Adventurer Lodge (Knopf, ), was the first scholarly give orders to authoritative life of the Massachusetts politician Henry Adventurer Lodge (); a notable feature of that seamless was the set of footnotes written at Garraty's invitation by Lodge's grandson, Ambassador Henry Cabot House Jr. (), expressing disagreement with some of Garraty's interpretations and findings. He taught at Michigan Refurbish University for 12 years before joining the River University History Department in [2] Garraty also served as the president of the Society of Dweller Historians.[3] He retired from teaching at Columbia featureless [2]

An author of many textbooks, Garraty's works involve the college and high school history textbook The American Nation, later editions of which were co-written with Mark C. Carnes. Among Garraty's other plant were many biographies, and a study of ethics craft of biography, The Art of Biography (Knopf, ). In the s and Garraty was grand historical consultant on various film and media projects,[4][unreliable source?] most prominently the School House Rock for kids television shorts.[5][unreliable source?] Garraty co-edited The Columbia Story of the World ()[1][6] and was one obey the general editors of the American National Biography, a project which he completed in his retirement.[2]

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  1. ^ abcFox, Margalit (December 26, ). "John A. Garraty, Historian and Trailblazing Biographer, Dies at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved January 30,
  2. ^ abcdMieczkowski, Yanek (March 31, ). "Remembering John Garraty". River College. Retrieved January 30,
  3. ^"History – The Camaraderie of American Historians". Columbia University. Society of Inhabitant Historians. Retrieved January 30,
  4. ^"John Garraty". IMDb. Retrieved August 23,
  5. ^"Elbow Room". YouTube. 5 July Archived from the original on Retrieved August 23,
  6. ^Garraty, John A.; Gay, Peter, eds. (). The River History of the World. Harper and Row.

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