Graham, John 1926-2007

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See index for SATA sketch: Born September 1, 1926, in Washington, DC; died of extensive blood loss, July 16, 2007, in Charlottesville, VA. Educator and author. For more than thirty years Graham taught students at the University of Virginia about the world of literature. He specialized in the eighteenth century but taught a wide variety of classes, ranging from rhetoric to romanticism, speech to satire, and communications to children's literature. Before arriving at the university in 1958, he had taught at private schools in Maryland and New Hampshire and at Marquette University and Georgetown University, his alma mater. Generally reflecting his scholarly interests, Graham's writings included studies of iconic authors such as Ernest Hemingway and John Hawkes and works on the craft of writing. His hobbies, however, included children's literature, and he wrote two modestly successful children's books: A Crowd of Cows (1968) and I Love You, Mouse (1976).

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Washington Post, August 7, 2007, p. B6.