H. Isabel Graham
{{Short description|Canadian poet}}
H. Isabel Graham (May 13, 1869 — October 29, 1941) was a Canadian poet.
Early life
Hannah Isabel Graham was born at Harpurhey, near Seaforth, Ontario. the daughter of the Rev. William G. Graham, a Presbyterian minister, and Elizabeth Gouinlock. Her parents were both from Scotland. Graham wrote a pamphlet, "Fifty Years of Presbyterianism in Egmondville" (1896), about her father's work.Caledonian Society of Toronto, [https://books.google.com/books?id=glk6AQAAMAAJ&dq=H.+Isabel+Graham&pg=PA123 Selections from Scottish Canadian Poets] (Imrie, Graham 1900): 123. H. Isabel Graham studied piano, pipe organ, and harmony at the Toronto College of Music.John William Garvin, ed., [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Canadian_poems_of_the_great_war.djvu/74 Canadian Poems of the Great War] (McClelland & Stewart 1918): 70-72.[http://digital.lib.sfu.ca/ceww-802/graham-hannah-isabel "Hannah Isabel Graham"] Simon Fraser University Digitized Collections.
Career
Graham's poetry was published in Canadian and American newspapers and magazines, and collected in the volumes A Song of December and Other Poems (1904),Carole Gerson, [https://books.google.com/books?id=TtV0CwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Hannah+Isabel+Graham%22&pg=PA72 Canadian Women in Print, 1750-1918] (Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2011): 72. {{ISBN|9781554582396}} Saint Ignace and Other Poems (1934),Hannah Isabel Graham, [https://books.google.com/books?id=RtNSvgAACAAJ Saint Ignace and Other Poems] (Ryerson Press 1934). and Be of Good Cheer (1939). She sometimes used Scottish English vocabulary, spelling, and other features of the dialect.William Campbell, [https://books.google.com/books?id=gj8PAQAAIAAJ&q=Graham&pg=PA175 "Scottish-Canadian Poetry"] Canadian Magazine (June 1907): 175. Themes were religious or patriotic, with titles including "There's Aye a Something", "Does Memory Live?" "No Country's Like Our Own Dear Land", "The Prodigal Child", "The Crown",H. Isabel Graham, [https://books.google.com/books?id=UxI6AQAAMAAJ&dq=H.+Isabel+Graham&pg=PA223 "The Crown"] The Westminster 8(April 1906): 223. "To Those Who Wait"H. Isabel Graham, [https://books.google.com/books?id=UxI6AQAAMAAJ&dq=H.+Isabel+Graham&pg=PA178 "To Those Who Wait"] The Westminster 8(March 1906): 178. "To An Invalided Soldier", "The Christmas Ship", and "Open the Door".H. Isabel Graham, "Open the Door" Albany Ledger (December 25, 1908): 6. via Newspapers.com{{open access}}
Personal life
Hannah Isabel Graham died in 1941, aged 72 years. Her gravesite (under the name "Hannah Isabella Graham") is with those of her parents, at Egmondville, Ontario.About, [http://www.huroneast.com/drs_opn/locations/Egmondville/EgmondvilleUnitedCemetery.pdf "Egmondville United Cemetery"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813184937/http://www.huroneast.com/drs_opn/locations/Egmondville/EgmondvilleUnitedCemetery.pdf |date=2017-08-13 }}
References
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External links
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Category:Canadian women in World War I
Category:19th-century Canadian poets
Category:20th-century Canadian poets
Category:19th-century Canadian women writers