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* WHITE. 481 to be longest remembered for a magnificent aon- lU't entitled "Niglit and IJeatli." WHITE, I'EKcv (18o2— ). An English jour- nalist and novelist, born in London. He was educated privately and on the Continent, and taught the Kngli.sh language and literature in a Kreneh college. After taking private pupils for a time, he turned to journalism in 1880, and was for ten years editor of I'ublic Opinion. As a novelist lie has won success for brilliant social satire. His writings include: <)/r. liailcy-Murlin (1893); A Kiny's Diary (18!)4); Corruption (18!tr>); Andrid (1806); .1 I'aasioimlr I'ihjrim {IS'Jl); A Millionaire's Ddurihler ( 1898) ;' 77(e Infatuation of the Countess (1899); The Heart of the Dancer (1900); The West End (1900 1; The Crip of the Bookmaker (1901); and The Neil- CJiristians (1902). WHITE, Perecirij:e (1020-1704). The first English child born within the limits of New- England. He was born on the Mai/floicer, in Cape Cod Harbor. After his father's death his mother married Governor Edward Winslow, this being the first marriage in New England. .Tosiah Winslow (q.v. ), first native Governor of Plym- outh Colony, was his half-brother. He held sev- eral military and civil ollices. WHITE, Peter (18.30—). An American manufacturer, born in Rome. N. Y. In 1835 he was taken by his parents to Green Bay, Wiscon- sin Territory, where be was educated. At the age of fifteen he became a sailor on the Great Lakes, and early in 1849 settled on the site of the present city of Marquette, in the Northern Peninsula of Michigan. There he later became connected with the Marquette Iron Company, was largely interested in developing the copper and iron deposits of the region, and acquired a large fortune. He gave largely to education, en- dowed a fellowship in the University of Michi- gan, and made large bequests to the Northern Michigan State Normal School. To the city of Marquette he presented a public library building and a statue of P&re Marquette. WHITE, Richard Gr.mt (1821-8,5). An American Shakespearean scholar and linguistic critic, born in New York. A graduate of New York University (1839), he studieil medicine, then law, was admitted to the bar (1845), be- came a journalist, and during the Civil War wrote a remarkable series of letters for the Lon- don (Spectator, signed 'A Yankee,' and an in- fluential satirical parody, Tlie 'New Gospel of Peace. He was for many years chief of the United States Revenue Marine Bureau in the dis- trict of New York. His chief books were: Shake- speare's Heholar (18.54) : an acutely critical edition of Shakespeare's Works (1857-(i5): Es- say On the Authorship of the Three Parts of Henry VI. (1859) : Memoirs of WiUiani Shake- speare (186.5) ; Studies in Shakespeare (1885) ; and in the field of linguistics. Words and Their Use.?: (1870): Every-Day Enr/lish (1880): and England Without and Within '( 1881 ). He edited also The I'ircrsidr Shakcipeare (1883). and con- tributed frequently to literary periodicals. His novel. The Fate of Mansfield Humphreys, ap- peared the year before his death. White was dogmatic and inclinefl to controversy, but his acute critical ability and remarkable versatility received high praise. WHITE. WHITE, Stanford (1853—). An American architect, son of Richard Grant White (q.v.). He was born in New Vork City, was educated in private scliools and by private tutors, studied architeeture under (harles D. Gambrill and Henry H. Richardson, and was chief assistant to the latter in the construction of Trinity Church, Boston. lie continued liis studies in JOurojie in 1878-80, and in 1881 united with Charles F. MeKini and illiam R. Mead to form the architectural firm of JlcKini, .Mead & White. He designed the Madison Suare Garden, the buildings of the Century and .Ii-tropolitan eluba, and the Washington Arch, in .New Vork City; buildings of New Vork University and the Uni- versity of Virginia ; pedestals for a number of statues: and numerous private residences. WHITE, Stewart Edwakd (1873—). An American author, born at Cirand Rapids, Mich. He was educated at the University of .Michigan, where he graduated in 1895 and at the Columbia Law School. His ])ublished stories, which deal understan<lingly with the rough life of the un- settled regions, include: The Westerners (1901) ; The Claim Jumpers (1901); The Blazed Trail (1902) : Conjurer's House (1902) ; and The For- est (1903). WHITE, William (1748-1830). An .meri- can bishop of the Episcopal Church. He was brnn in Philadelphia and educated at what was tluni known as the College of Pliiladel]ihia. -Af- ter making his theological studies, he went to England and was ordained deacon in 1770 and priest in 1772. Returning to America, he be- came rector of Christ Church and Saint Peter's, Philadelphia, and was chaplain to Congress in 1777. On the formal organization of the Episco- ])al Church, he presided over the first General Convention (1785), and was the principal author of the Constitution then adopted. In 17SQ he was elected Bishop of Pennsylvania, and in the following year consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace. During the rest of his life he held a comnuuiding influence in the development of the Church, and had much to do with the form finally assumed by the Book of Common Prayer. His chief publications were .Memoirs of the Protestant Episcopal Church (1820: revised 1880) and Lectures on the Cdfeehism (1813). For his biography, consult Wilson (Philadelphia, 1839) ; and see Episcopal ClURCII. WHITE, William Allen (1868—). An American journalist, born in Emporia, Kan., and educated at Emporia College and the Uni- versity of Kansas. I'pon leaving the university in 1890 he became city editor of the Eldorado Daily lei>iihliean. Subsequently lie was engafjed as an editorial writer on the Kansas City Journal and the Kansas City Star, and in 1894 bought tlie Emporia Gazette. An editorial published in that paper in August, 1896, entitled ''What's the IMatter with Kansas?" was reprinted throughout the country and won him a wide reputation. He published: The Real I.isuc (1896). a volume of short stories; The Court of Boyrille (1889);. and Stratnficms and Spoils ( 1901 ), a striking col- lection of short stories of American political life. WHITE, Sir William Artiiir (1824-91). An English diplomat, born at Pulawy, Poland. He was educated at King William's College, Isle