William White (academic)

William White
BornWilliam White
(1910-09-04)September 4, 1910
Paterson, New Jersey
DiedJune 24, 1995(1995-06-24) (aged 84)
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
OccupationProfessor of journalism, writer, bibliographer
NationalityAmerican
Education
Period1947–1981
GenreEssays, literary criticism
SubjectJournalism, literature
Notable awards
Spouse
Gertrude Mason
(m. 1952)
Children2 sons

William White (September 4, 1910 – June 24, 1995) was an American journalist, writer, educator and literary historian. He was professor of Journalism and American Studies at Wayne State University from 1947 to 1980, and set up and chaired the journalism program at Oakland University. He edited collections of the works of Walt Whitman, A. E. Housman, and Ernest Hemingway, and wrote over forty books and thousands of articles. In 1969, he was reputed to own the world's largest collection of books published by Hemingway.