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William White (journalist)

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William White
Born1807 (1807)
Died11 February 1882(1882-02-11) (aged 74–75)
Carshalton, Surrey, England
NationalityBritish
EducationBedford School
Occupation(s)Pamphleteer and Parliamentary sketch writer

William White (1807 – 11 February 1882), was a 19th-century British pamphleteer and parliamentary sketch writer.

Biography

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The character of Zachariah Coleman in Hale White’s The Revolution in Tanner’s Lane, published in 1887, "is a tribute to William White... [Zachariah Coleman's] love of Byron, and his admiration for Cobbett, came from William White."[1][2][3]

William White died in Carshalton, Surrey, on 11 February 1882.[4]

References

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  1. ^ E. J. Feuchtwanger (2004). "White, William (1807–1882)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  2. ^ Valentine Cunningham, Everywhere Spoken Against: Dissent in the Victorian Novel, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1976, pp. 272-273.
  3. ^ William White, The Inner Life of the House of Commons, edited with a preface by Justin McCarthy, MP, London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1897.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Obituary, The Times, 6 March 1882, p. 7.