John Kurtz Maxtone-Graham (August 2, 1929 – July 6, 2015) was a Scottish-American speaker and writer on ocean liners and maritime history.
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| Born | John Kurtz Maxtone-Graham August 2, 1929 Orange, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | July 8, 2015 (aged 85) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, writer |
| Spouse | Mary |
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Biography
editMaxtone-Graham was born in Orange, New Jersey, to a Scottish father and an American mother.[1] He graduated from Brown University in 1951. He served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War and then worked as a Broadway stage manager.[1] In 1972 he wrote a social history and appreciation of the Atlantic express liners, The Only Way to Cross, which was a success as a mass-market publication. This was followed by other books on express liner history. France/Norway was published in 2010; in March 2012 he wrote and published Titanic Tragedy; and in October 2014 he published his final book, SS United States: Red, White, & Blue Riband, Forever.
He was married twice and had four children.[1] He is the father of writer Ian Maxtone-Graham. John Maxtone-Graham died from respiratory failure in Manhattan on July 6, 2015, aged 85.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c The Telegraph
- ^ "John Maxtone-Graham, an authority on ocean liners, dies", The New York Times; accessed July 8, 2015.
External links
edit- John Maxtone-Graham at IMDb
- Brief biography, galaxsea.com; accessed August 28, 2014.