William Peterfield Trent

William Peterfield Trent
Born10 November 1862
DiedDecember 7, 1939
EducationUniversity of Virginia
OccupationAcademic
SpouseAlice Lyman
Children1 son, 1 daughter

William Peterfield Trent, LL.D., D.C.L. (10 November 1862 – 7 December 1939) was an American academic and the author/editor of many books. He was a professor of English literature at Sewanee: The University of the South and Columbia University. While at Sewanee, he founded the Sewanee Review in 1892, a literary journal that continues to operate.