E. B. White

Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American essayist, author, and noted prose stylist. He is most famous today for a writers' style guide, The Elements of Style, and for three children's books generally considered to be classics of the field.

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White was born in Mount Vernon, New York and graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1921. His nickname "Andy" derives from Cornell co-founder Andrew Dickson White--any student thereafter named White was called Andy. He spent several years working as a writer for The Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer and as an ad man before returning to New York City in 1924.

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