Background
Granbery, John Cowper was born on June 15, 1874 in in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Bishop John Cowper (Doctor of Divinity) and Ella Fayette (Winston) G.
Granbery, John Cowper was born on June 15, 1874 in in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Bishop John Cowper (Doctor of Divinity) and Ella Fayette (Winston) G.
Bachelor of Arts, Randolph-Macon College, 1896. Bachelor of Divinity, Vanderbilt, University, 1899. Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1908, Doctor of Philosophy, 1909.
Doctor of Divinity, Kentucky Wesleyan, 1913.
Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1897. Pastor Berlin Circuit, Williamsburg, Charlotte Circuit, Rocky Mount, Boydton, and Asbury Church, Manchester, to 1909, Philippi and Barboursville, West Virginia, and Paintsville, Kentucky, to 1913. Principal Sandy Valley Seminary, Paintsville, January-September 1913.
Acting head department of education and assistant professor sociology and economics, 1913-1914, professor sociology, economics and political science, 1914-1925, Southwestern U. Head Department of History (including philosophy, sociology, and anthropology), Texas Technology College, 1925-1932.
Engaged in travel, study, writing, and speaking, in Brazil, 1932-1934.
Acting professor philosophy and political science, Southwestern University, 1934-1935, head of department of philosophy, 1935-1938. Founder (with May C. Granbery), publisher and editor of The Emancipator, 1938. Visiting professor of history and economics, University of San Antonio, summer, 1939-1942.
Visiting professor of Government, Our Lady of the Lake College, 1944.
Government and History, Trinity University, 1944-1945. Professor Greek, 1944-1945, classical languages, 1945-1946.
President Methodist Council of Social Agencies of San Antonio District since 1947. War Work under Young Men's Christian Association with American, French and Greek armies, 1917-1920.
Married Mary Anne Catt, January 22, 1903.