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(1920-2007) Historian, biographer. John A. Garraty was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in Sag Harbor, New York. He was the general editor of American National Biography.

Full Name

John A Garraty

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1920

BIRTH

John Arthur Garraty was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1920.

1941

OTHER

Garraty received a bachelor's degree from Brooklyn College in 1941.

1948

OTHER

Garraty received a doctorate from Columbia University in 1948.

1953

LITWORK

Henry Cabot Lodge
Knopf.

Biography.

1956

LITWORK

Woodrow Wilson: A Great Life in Brief
Knopf.

Biography.

1957

LITWORK

The Nature of Biography
Knopf.

Nonfiction.

1959

OTHER

Garraty had taught at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York since 1959.

1978

LITWORK

Unemployment in History: Economic Thought and Public Policy
Harper & Row.

Nonficiton.

1986

LITWORK

The Great Depression
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Nonfiction.

2007

DEATH

John A. Garraty died in Sag Harbor, New York in 2007.

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