Elizabeth Hall Witherell

Elizabeth Hall Witherell
BornAugust 15, 1948
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Occupation(s)Literary historian and scholarly editor
Known forEditor-in-chief of The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau

Elizabeth Hall Witherell (born August 15, 1948) is a literary historian and scholarly editor. Since 1980, she has been the editor-in-chief of The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau, a project founded in 1966 that aims to provide, for the first time, accurate and complete texts of the published works, the Journal, and the correspondence of the 19th century American scientific naturalist, transcendalist, and writer Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862). Witherell served as President of the Association for Documentary Editing from 1992 to 1993 [1] and as President of the Thoreau Society from 1996 to 2000.[2]

  1. ^ "Past Presidents". Association for Documentary Editing. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference presidents was invoked but never defined (see the help page).