John A. Garraty, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John A. Garraty

American historian and biographer

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1920

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Date of Death: 19-Dec-2007

Profession: historian, biographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


Show Famous Birthdays Today, United States

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

About John A. Garraty

  • John Arthur Garraty (July 4, 1920 – December 19, 2007) was an American historian and biographer.
  • He specialized largely in American political and economic history.Garraty earned an undergraduate degree at Brooklyn College in 1941 and completed his doctorate at Columbia University in 1948.
  • During World War II, he served in the United States Merchant Marine as a swimming instructor.
  • His 1953 biography, Henry Cabot Lodge (Knopf, 1953), was the first scholarly and authoritative life of the Massachusetts politician Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924); a notable feature of that book was the set of footnotes written at Garraty's invitation by Lodge's grandson, Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
  • (1902-1985), expressing disagreement with some of Garraty's interpretations and findings.
  • He taught at Michigan State University for 12 years before joining the Columbia University History Department in 1959.
  • Garraty also served as the president of the Society of American Historians.
  • He retired from teaching at Columbia in 1990.An author of many textbooks, Garraty's works include 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 works were many biographies, and a study of the craft of biography, The Art of Biography (Knopf, 1960).
  • In the 1970s and 1960 Garraty was a historical consultant on various film and media projects, most prominently the School House Rock children's television shorts.
  • Garraty co-edited The Columbia History of the World (1972).
  • and was one of the general editors of the American National Biography, a project which he completed in his retirement.

Read more at Wikipedia

See Also