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E. B. White

E. B. White, American essayist and journalist (died 1985)

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Born
July 11, 1899
Died
October 1, 1985
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1899

About E. B. White

Elwyn Brooks White was an American writer, essayist and a contributing editor for The New Yorker magazine. He was also the author of highly popular books for children: Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte's Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970). White attended Cornell University, where he was briefly a private in the Student Army Training Corps (SATC), created by the US Department of War in 1918 to hasten the training of US soldiers for World War I in Europe. In 1925, after The New Yorker was founded, White began submitting manuscripts to the magazine. White published his first article for The New Yorker in 1925, then joined the staff in 1927 and continued to write for the magazine for nearly six decades.

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E. B. White timeline

  1. White attended Cornell University, where he was briefly a private in the Student Army Training Corps (SATC), created by the US Department of War in 1918 to hasten the training of US soldiers for World War I in Europe.
  2. In 1925, after The New Yorker was founded, White began submitting manuscripts to the magazine.
  3. White published his first article for The New Yorker in 1925, then joined the staff in 1927 and continued to write for the magazine for nearly six decades.

The world when E. B. White was born

E. B. White was born in 1899. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlinePhilippine-American War begins
  • Technology milestoneFirst magnetic recording of sound
  • World population~1.59B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population72.0M

1899 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in E. B. White's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18992026
Population72.0M341 million

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