Galbraith, Catherine Atwater

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Writer and wife of economics professor and diplomat John Kenneth Galbraith, Catherine Atwater Galbraith was born in Plandome, New York, the daughter of Charles and Alice Caroline Merriam Atwater. She graduated from Smith College and studied German as a graduate student in Munich. She married Galbraith in 1937; they had four sons, one of whom died at age seven. Catherine Galbraith was of inestimable value in managing the family's affairs and in supporting her husband's undertakings, whether at Harvard University, as ambassador to India, or while at work on one of his many books. Fluent in Hindi, she was the author of India, Now and through Time (1980). She died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2008.

From the description of Papers of Catherine Atwater Galbraith, 1913-2008 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 543515308

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referencedIn Papers, ca. 1900-2001 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf OAC Review Index (University of Guelph). Results of Christmas Examinations : First Year Degree, OAC Review, v.46, no.4, Jan. 1934, p. 258-259. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf OAC Review Index (University of Guelph). Results of final examinations, 1936 : Third Year, OAC Review, v.48, no.7, Apr.-May 1936, p. 439-441. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf OAC Review Index (University of Guelph). Graduation Class 1937, OAC Review, v.49, no.7, Apr.-May 1937, p. 415. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf OAC Review Index (University of Guelph). Results of Christmas Examinations, 1934 : Second Year Degree, OAC Review, v.47, no.3, Dec. 1934, p. 185. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn Solomon, Jolane Baumgarten. Papers, ca.1900-2001 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf OAC Review Index (University of Guelph). Results of final examinations, 1935 : Second Year Degree, OAC Review, v.47, no.7, Apr.-May. 1935, p. 436-437. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf OAC Review Index (University of Guelph). Changes in Graduate List, Aug. 1, 1939, OAC Review, v.52, no.1, Oct. 1939, p. 59-60. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Galbraith, Catherine Atwater. Papers of Catherine Atwater Galbraith, 1913-2008 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf OAC Review Index (University of Guelph). Macdonald Institute Alumnae , OAC Review, v.51, no.7, May 1939, p. 447. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
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Birth 1913-01-19

Death 2008-10-01

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