William White (journalist)

British pamphleteer, born 1807

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

William White

Born| 1807 (1807)
Died| 11 February 1882(1882-02-11) (aged 74–75)

Carshalton, Surrey, England

Nationality| British
Education| Bedford School
Occupation(s)| Pamphleteer and Parliamentary sketch writer

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

## Biography

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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

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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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