About John A. Garraty
Lived 1920 – 2007 (aged 87). John A. Garraty was an American historian and biographer.
John Arthur Garraty (July 4, 1920 – December 19, 2007) was an American historian and biographer. He specialized largely in American political and economic history. He retired from teaching at Columbia in 1990. most prominently the School House Rock children's television shorts. Garraty co-edited The Columbia History of the World and was one of the general editors of the American National Biography, a project which he completed in his retirement.
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American historian and biographer
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John A. Garraty was born on 4 July 1920 in Brooklyn.
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John A. Garraty died on 19 December 2007 in Sag Harbor.
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John A. Garraty was a historian and biographer.
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John A. Garraty was American.
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