Janet Graham (poet)

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.[1][2]

References
  1. Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1890). "Graham, Janet" . Dictionary of National Biography. 22. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. Hamish Whyte, ‘Graham, Janet (1723–1805)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 3 Jan 2015]

Notes

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Goodwin, Gordon (1890). "Graham, Janet". In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography. 22. London: Smith, Elder & Co.


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