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William Strunk Jr.

William Strunk Jr., American author and educator (died 1946)

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Born
July 1, 1869
Died
September 26, 1946
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1869

About William Strunk Jr.

William Strunk Jr. was an American professor of English at Cornell University and the author of The Elements of Style (1918). After his former student E. B. White revised and extended the book, The Elements of Style became an influential guide to writing in the English language, informally known as “Strunk & White”. Strunk first taught mathematics at Rose Polytechnical Institute in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1890–91.

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The world when William Strunk Jr. was born

William Strunk Jr. was born in 1869. 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.

Culture in 1869

  • Best-selling bookWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineTranscontinental Railroad completed at Promontory Summit
  • Technology milestoneSuez Canal opens
  • World population~1.49B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population35.6M

1869 versus 2026

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Measure18692026
Population35.6M341 million

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