Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Graham, Janet

by Gordon Goodwin

GRAHAM, JANET (1723–1805), poetess, was born near Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, in 1723. Among other pieces she wrote ‘The Wayward Wife,’ which was once popular. She died in Edinburgh in April 1805, aged 82.

[Irving's Book of Scotsmen, p. 179.]

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