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

For the American civil rights leader, see William J. White (journalist). For other people, see William White.

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

Biography


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


  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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. Obituary, The Times, 6 March 1882, p. 7.


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