Background
Grattan, Clinton Hartley was born on October 19, 1902 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Leonard and Laura (Campbell) Grattan.
Grattan, Clinton Hartley was born on October 19, 1902 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Leonard and Laura (Campbell) Grattan.
Bachelor of Arts, Clark College, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1923. Doctorate. Little, Clark University, 1953. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Australian National University, 1977.
; married second, Marjorie Sinclair Campbell, June 3, 1939. Children—Rosalind Campbell (Mistress Arthur von Au), Jennifer Hartley (Mistress Alan Corner), Jacqueline Allison (Mistress Conrad Smeeth), John Hartley. Head department English, Urbana (Ohio) Junior College, 1923-1925.
Freelance writer, New York City, 1926-1964.
Visiting fellow Australian National University, 1960, 71, 75. Curator Grattan Collection of Southwest Pacificana, university professor of history University Texas, Austin, 1964-1974, emeritus professor, 1974-1980.
Author books including: Way We Fought, 1929, 66. Bitter Bierce: A Mystery of American Letters, 1929, 66.
The Three Jameses: A Family of Minds, 1932, 62.
(with Paxton Hibben) The Peerless Leader: William Jennings Bryan, 1929, 67. Introducing Australia, 1942, review edit, 1947. Australia (United Nations Series), 1947.
In Quest of Knowledge, 1955.
The United States and The Southwest Pacific, 1961. The Southwest Pacific: A Modern History, 2 volumes, 1963.
Editor publications including: Such is Life, by Tom Collins, 1948. American Ideas about Adult Education 1710-1951, 1959, also others
Contributor to Harpers, American Mercury, Scribners and other national magazines, since 1924.
Writer on South.W. Pacific history and current affairs, since 1927. Home: Austin, Texas
Married Beatrice Kay, October 22, 1926 (divorced 1934). Married second, Marjorie Sinclair Campbell, June 3, 1939. Children: Rosalind Campbell (Mistress Arthur von Au), Jennifer Hartley (Mistress Alan Corner), Jacqueline Allison (Mistress Conrad Smeeth), John Hartley.