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American historian and biographer

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

Garraty earned an undergraduate degree at Brooklyn College in and completed his doctorate at Columbia University in During World War II, he served in the United States Merchant Marine as a swimming instructor.^[1] His biography, Henry Cabot Lodge (Knopf, ), was the first scholarly and authoritative life of the Massachusetts politician Henry Cabot Lodge (); 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.

(), 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 ^[2] Garraty also served as the president of William Shakespeare - Playwright and Poet, Age, Wife ... XUN