Janet Graham (poet)
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For the English composer, music educator, and music therapist, see Janet Graham.
Janet Graham (1723–1805) was a Scottish poet, and a feature of 18th century Edinburgh society.
Biography
Graham was born at Shaw, near Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, in 1723. She lived in Dumfries and later Edinburgh, where she became a favoured member of Edinburgh society.
Graham is remembered for her only surviving published poem, The Wayward Wife, which was once popular and was reprinted a number of times in anthologies. The poem is a warning to a son about the demerits of matrimony. She died in Edinburgh in April 1805, aged 82.{{cite DNB|wstitle=Graham, Janet|volume=22}}Hamish Whyte, ‘[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/11205 Graham, Janet (1723–1805)]’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 3 Jan 2015]
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External links
- The Wayward Wife (p. 120) in David Herd's [https://archive.org/details/poetspoetryofpt102wilsuoft Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, Etc] (1870)
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Category:18th-century Scottish poets
Category:18th-century British poets
Category:18th-century Scottish women writers
Category:People from Dumfries and Galloway
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