James G. Leyburn

James Graham Leyburn (January 17, 1902 – April 28, 1993), was an American sociologist, professor, academic administrator, and author. He was a George Washington Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, where he worked from 1947 until 1972. Leyburn wrote ethnographic books, most notably about Haitian history and culture. His father was a minister at the First Presbyterian Church in Durham, North Carolina. He was a professor of sociology from 1947 to 1972 at University at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia; where he also served as dean from 1947 to 1956.

Death and legacy He died at the age of 91 of pneumonia in April 1993 in a hospital in Hagerstown, Maryland. Washington and Lee University has a collection of his papers.