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Encyclopedia > Elizabeth Janet Gray

Elizabeth Janet Gray Vining (October 6, 1902 - November 27, 1999) tutored Emperor Akihito in English. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was an author with over 60 works and won a Newbery medal for Adam of the Road.


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Elizabeth Janet Gordon Gray was born on October 6, 1902, in the Germantown section of Philadelphia to John Gordon Gray and Anne Moore lszard Gray.
Under the names Elizabeth Janet Gray and Elizabeth Gray Vining, she had written eleven books, including the popular children's book Adam of the Road (1942), and was working for American Friends Service Committee in 1946 when she was chosen to tutor the then-crown prince (and later emperor) of Japan, Akihito, and his brothers and sisters.
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