Franklin Garrett


Franklin Miller Garrett was the only official historian of Atlanta. His massive Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of its People and Events is a book about the city's history.

Biography

A native of Milwaukee, he moved to Atlanta as a boy. He graduated from Technological High School in Atlanta, Georgia. He joined the Atlanta Historical Society in 1927 which is today known as the Atlanta History Center. He served as historian for the Coca-Cola Company for 28 years. After retirement he devoted his full-time efforts to the Atlanta History Center.
He was married to Frances Steele Garrett, who died in September 2005.

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