Janet Graham (poet)

Janet Graham (1723–1805) was a Scottish poet, and feature of 18th century Edinburgh society.

Biography

Janet 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. She 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. Dictionary of National Biography 22. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

External links

• The Wayward Wife (p. 120) in David Herd's Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, Etc (1870)